Draft v. Hesselsweet
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Oceana; Sullivan, J. Bill by Louis Draft against Francis Hesselsweet. ' administrator of the estate of Oscar Klotter, and others, to foreclose a mortgage. Defendants filed an an.'swer in the nature of a cross-bill asking for rescission of the contract. From a decree for defendants canceling the mortgage, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This bill is filed to foreclose a purchase-price mortgage on an 80-acre fruit farm in Oceana county, upon which there is claimed to be due upwards of $3,900. The mortgagor, Oscar Klotter, and his *605wife, Katherine, filed their answer and cross-bill, charging that they were induced by the fraudulent representations of complainant and his agent to purchase the premises, and that they were thereby defrauded. They prayed for a rescission of the contract. The other parties defendant were interested in the premises as mortgagees. The chancellor refused to grant complainant any relief and refused to…
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