Converse v. Blumrich
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Kent Circuit. The bill was filed by the complainant in this cause, to foreclose a mortgage executed by one Wenzel Blumrich, (the husband of said Laura Blumrich, and the father of said infant defendant,) in his life-time, to said complainant, and said defendants resist such foreclosure upon the ground that said mortgage was fraudulently obtained and without consideration. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
The bill in this case was filed against the widow and heirs at law of Wenzel Blumrich, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage given by him to» the complainant. The defense is, that the mortgage was procured by fraud, and is without consideration.
It appears that on October 25, 1847, the American Baptist Missionary Union, a corporation existing under the laws of Massachusetts, and which then claim’ed a right to certain premises in Grand Rapids, entered into a contract for the sale of the same to Simeon M. Johnson and Thomas J. Coggeshall, for the sum of $13,500, payable as follows: $3,000…
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