Denison v. Gibson
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Bay Circuit. This bill was filed by Elizabeth F. Denison, against Channcey W. Gibson, Sanford M. Green, William C. Green and Elias B. Denison, complainant’s bnsband, to set aside and cancel a mortgage given by her, on ber separate property, to secure the payment of several notes which sbe had signed as surety with the defendants, Green and Denison, and which were given by the latter to defendant Gibson for part of the purchase-price of stock of the…
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Appeal in Chancery from Bay Circuit. This bill was filed by Elizabeth F. Denison, against Channcey W. Gibson, Sanford M. Green, William C. Green and Elias B. Denison, complainant’s bnsband, to set aside and cancel a mortgage given by her, on ber separate property, to secure the payment of several notes which sbe had signed as surety with the defendants, Green and Denison, and which were given by the latter to defendant Gibson for part of the purchase-price of stock of the First National Bank of Bay City, and also to cancel her contract relation on said notes. No defense was made except by…
1Opinion of the CourtGrates, J.
The matters in this large record are so numerous, some are so blind, and many are so intricate and extensive, that any attempt to trace them through all their changes and windings, and explain their connections and bearings, would require a volume.
It so happens, however, that there is no need for any thing so elaborate, because the case is ripe for decision on a ground which will be sufficiently elucidated by attending to a few of the leading features of the case. In the early part of 1863, the defendant Gibson and his father, Charles D. W. Gibson, with a capital of four thousand dollars,…
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