Security Investment Co. v. Meister
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Mandell (Henry A.), J. Bill by the Security Investment Company against Saul H. Meister and another to quiet title to land. Defendant Meister filed a cross-bill to reinstate a land contract and for specific performance. From a decree for defendant Meister, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Wayne; Mandell (Henry A.), J. Bill by the Security Investment Company against Saul H. Meister and another to quiet title to land. Defendant Meister filed a cross-bill to reinstate a land contract and for specific performance. From a decree for defendant Meister, plaintiff appeals. In December of 1916 by virtue of assignments to it plaintiff stood in the relation of vendor of four land contracts for the sale of four lots located in the village of Ecorse, Wayne county, and defendant Meister by virtue of assignments to him stood in the relation of vendee. The monthly payments…
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
(after stating the facts). Plaintiff by its bill claims that the deeds to Lefton were without consideration and fraudulent and were made to place the title out of Meister and in one in the service for the purpose of vexing and annoying it and that it had no actual notice of their existence although conceding constructive notice from their record. Defendant Meister insists that they were given to secure money advanced and were in all regards free from fraud. As the debt secured by them has been paid, *341if one existed, and Lefton no longer has or claims to have an interest in the lots and is not…
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