Briggs v. Withey
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Tan Bnren Circuit. This bill was filed by Emory 0. Briggs against Silas Withey, Miles E. Beebe, and Thomas H. Stephenson. Withey alone answered, and the bill was taken as confessed by the other defendants. Proofs were taken, and the cause heard upon pleadings and proofs. The decree was for the full amount claimed.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Ch. J.
The bill in this case is filed to foreclose a mortgage dated February 27, 1868, to secure five thousand dollars and interest, payable at various period's, running through ten years, according to eighteen promissory notes. The mortgage was made to Joseph W. Huston, and the notes were payable to him or bearer, and stated on their face that they were secured by the mortgage. Complainant holds four notes, amounting to one thousand and fifty dollars and interest, and sues to foreclose to the extent of his ownership, averring the remaining property to be in Beebe and Stephenson.
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