National Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n v. Burch
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Muskegon; Russell, J. . Bill by the National Mutual Building & Loan Association of New York against Albert H. Burcb, Esther A. Burch, and Francis L. Thorpe to foreclose a mortgage. From a decree in its favor for less than the amount claimed to be due, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
In July, 1898, complainant filed a bill for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage given to it by the defendants Albert H. Burch and wife upon lands in Muskegon, Mich. The complainant claimed there was due upon the inortgage at the time the decree was made upwards of §1,000. The circuit judge granted a decree in favor of the complainant for the sum of §157.14, from which decree the complainant has brought the case here by appeal.
It is claimed upon the part of the defendants that the bond and mortgage are usurious, and that the circuit judge gave a decree for all that complainant is entitled…
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