Legal Opinion

Van Husan v. Kanouse

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1865PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal in Chancery from Washtenaw Circuit. By tbe decree of the Court below, thé bill of complaint was dismissed. The facts are stated in tbe opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Campbell J.:

The bill in this case was filed to foreclose a mortgage, payable in three annual installments, with annual interest. 'The defence set up was a- tender in treasury notes of the United States, declared to be a legal tender by act of Congress. The amount tendered was conceded to be sufficient, unless each installment of annual interest, as it became due, was turned into principal.

Some evidence was introduced' for the purpose of showing an agreement to compound interest upon that basis, but we are satisfied no such agreement appears. The only questions, therefore, which we are called…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. CRAIG v. the State of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1830

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wagar v. StoneMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Hazeltine v. GrangerMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Miller v. FinnNebraska Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Potts v. PlaistedMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Flanders v. ChamberlainMichigan Supreme Court · 1872

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