Balen v. Hanover Fire Insurance

The controversy in this case is contained ■within a narrow compass.

The bill is filed to correct and reform ah insurance policy.

The complainant is the holder and owner of a mortgage covering premises upon which was situated a hotel known as the “Robison House,” in Roscommon, Michigan. It was executed March 20, 1879, by Mary E. Gordon, who was then the owner in fee of the premises, to secure to Robert D. Robison the payment of $1,500, and interest at 10 per cent., one year from its date. It contained a clause bindiDg the mortgagor to keep the mortgage interest of the mortgagee, or his assigns,…