Legal Opinion

Cook v. Foster

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 26, 1893PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Hillsdale. (Lane, J.) Bill to set aside a sheriffs deed on foreclosure, and to foreclose a mortgage. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

Defendant Martin L. Foster was the owner of the land in controyersy. At the date of his purchase it was subject to a mortgage of $600, dated October 15, 1881. Foster and his wife, who was the daughter of defendant Porter, executed to Mrs. Porter a mortgage for $1,419, October 6, 1883. September 12, 1884, they executed a third mortgage, for the sum of $700, to one Huff.- October 11, 1886, the Huff mortgage was discharged. On the same day another mortgage was executed by Foster and his wife to one Knowles, for $761.25. The consideration for this mortgage was the payment of the Huff mortgage,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Overholser v. ClarkTennessee Supreme Court · 1850
  2. Hamilton v. LubukeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Campbell v. CarterIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Reading v. WatermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Richardson v. HockenhullIllinois Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Horbach v. TyrrellNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Wilson v. CampbellMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Anderson v. ThompsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Grove v. Great Northern Loan Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Dolese v. Bellows-Claude Neon Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932

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