A. P. Cook Co. v. Bell
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Jackson; Peck, J. Bill by the A. P. Cook Company, Limited, against Marietta A. Bell, Henry C. Bell, John O. Sharp, and others, to foreclose a mortgage. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
On November 19, 1873, Addison P. Cook filed the original bill in this case against Henry C. Bell and Marietta A. Bell for the foreclosure of a mortgage of $3,-590, given January 5,1866, by the defendants Bell to Mr. Cook upon 185 acres of land in Jackson county, this State. Defendants answered, admitting the execution and delivery of the bond and mortgage in question, and alleging in defense that they had conveyed to Mr. Cook a large amount of land in Wisconsin, the latter agreeing to sell the lands for the best prices he could obtain, and, after deducting the costs and expenses and…
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