Legal Opinion
Graff v. Epstein
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1927No. Docket No. 22PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
Davis Graff owned an auto accessory stock and business in the city of Detroit. He sold to Meyer Epstein and Reuben Graff, copartners. Epstein and Reuben Graff gave Davis Graff a chattel mortgage on the stock for $15,000, to secure notes for $20,000. Epstein and Reuben Graff defaulted in payments and Davis Graff, mortgagee, started foreclosure. Thereupon Epstein filed a bill in the Wayne circuit against Davis and Reuben Graff, challenged the validity of the mortgage, the amount claimed to be due and payable, alleged a “conspiracy by the Graffs to obtain the stock and business” and asked for an…
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