Smith v. Sherman

• Alice Hadsell Smith, plaintiff herein, is the assignee of the mortgagee’s interest in a mortgage dated January 27, 1927, and given by Myrtie B. Sherman to the Union Trust Company of Detroit, The mortgage covers an apartment building and the land upon which it stands in the city of Detroit. Myrtie B. Sherman deeded the mortgaged property to Mary L. Ward who died testate, leaving the real estate in question to Celeste Sherman Buckley, Edward G. Kay and Ida May Merrill.

Prior to the execution of the mortgage, the property had been sold by Myrtie B. Sherman to Max Kwaselow on land contract. In…