Legal Opinion

Heffron v. Flanigan

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 1877PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Detroit. Bill or Foreclosure. The facts are in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.

A bill in chancery was filed to foreclose a mortgage given by defendants Sarah Elanigan and Patrick Flanigan to complainants, executors of the estate of Jeremiah Scanlon, deceased. The National Fire Insurance Company was made a party defendant as a subsequent encumbrancer, and the entire controversy in this case grows out of this last allegation.

John Heffron and Edward Keidy as executors and by virtue of a power of sale contained in the last will and testament of Jeremiah Scanlon, deceased, sold at public auction the title and interest of said deceased in and to certain real estate in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State of Connecticut v. BradishMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
  2. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. MaltbyNew York Court of Chancery · 1840

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ludy v. ZumwaltCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
  2. Graves v. American Acceptance Mortgage Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Brown v. KeiserMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Shepard v. Northwestern Life Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1889
  5. Ely v. PingrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1895

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