Adams v. Field
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal'in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. This is a foreclosure bill filed by Isaac R. Adams, John 0. Adams, and Mary G-. Hodgkins, adults, and Charles S. Adams, and William M. Adams, minors, against Moses W. Field. The defendant answered, and 'proofs were taken. The contest was over a single disputed payment. The decree below allowed this payment, and the complainants appealed.
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Appeal'in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. This is a foreclosure bill filed by Isaac R. Adams, John 0. Adams, and Mary G-. Hodgkins, adults, and Charles S. Adams, and William M. Adams, minors, against Moses W. Field. The defendant answered, and 'proofs were taken. The contest was over a single disputed payment. The decree below allowed this payment, and the complainants appealed. After the appeal had been taken and perfected, the complainants moved by petition in this court for an order opening the proofs to admit a letter from the defendant to Samuel Roberts to be attached to the record and read…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The bill in this cause was filed to foreclose a mortgage given by defendant to William P. Moore, deceased, June 25, 1858, for nine thousand dollars, payable in nine annual installments with interest. There is now no controversy except as to one payment of one thousand dollars alleged *19to have been made June 25, 1861, to Mrs. Mary A. Roberts, wife of Samuel Roberts, administrator of Moore’s estate. Defendant claims that he paid her this money, and that fact is denied by complainants.
As there is a direct conflict of testimony, and the statements made by the various witnesses depend upon…
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