Brush v. Sweet

This case comes before the court on an appeal against the dismissal of the bill. The suit was instituted in the name of Stephen Brush and Georgiana Hyslop, but in its progress her death was suggested and the cause was ordered to proceed in the name of Brush.

In 1856 Mrs. Kimberly conveyed block 69 south of *575Cass street in the city of Saginaw to Robert Hyslop of the city of New York to satisfy a demand he held against her husband. Sutherland & Sweet had been intrusted with the collection of the demand and there was correspondence on the subject, but after one or two letters this was conducted by…