Wood v. Button
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from V,an Burén; Des Voignes, J. Bill by Alfred Wood against Earl Porter Button and others to set aside a redemption from a mortgage foreclosure, and to enforce a lien for taxes. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1DissentMoore, J.
January 8, 1908, James P. Button and his wife made a mortgage to the West Michigan Savings Bank in the sum of $2,100 on land located in the township of Bangor, Michigan. In the year 1913, Mr. Button died, leaving a last will and testament by the terms of which he devised to E. Porter Button said land. In 1914 E. Porter Button took possession of the land and was occupying it at the time of the hearing of this case. He did not pay the interest on the mortgage nor the taxes for the years 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916. The taxes for the years 1913,1914, and 1915 were returned to the county treasurer…
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