Legal Opinion
Shupert v. Ingham County Treasurer
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1921No. Calendar No. 29,613PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Certiorari to Ingham; Collingwood (Charles B.), J. Mandamus by Harry L. Shupert and another to compel Andrew J. Edwards, treasurer of Ingham county, to accept a sum as payment of a mortgage tax, and to issue a certificate showing the amount secured. From an order denying the writ, plaintiffs bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
The plaintiffs as vendors entered into a land contract on October 27, 1919, with Robert W. Cowley and Thomas B. Cowley as vendees for the sale of certain premises located in Ingham county. The purchase price was $4,500. The contract contained the following provision as to payments:
“Said second party, in consideration of the. covenants herein made by first party, agree to purchase of first party the above described premises, and to pay therefor to first party, or legal. representatives, at Mason, Mich., the sum. of forty-five hundred dollars in manner as follows, viz.: One thousand dollars in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Detroit Land Contract Co. v. GreenMichigan Supreme Court · 1918
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