Hardwick v. Bassett

Cooley, J..This is a foreclosure case'in which a bill Las been taken *18as confessed against all the defendants, and decree entered for the amount due on the mortgage, including seventy-five dollars for an attorney’s fee, the power of sale having provided that in case of foreclosure “a reasonable number of dollars ” might be deducted from the proceeds of sale for an attorney’s, solicitor’s or counselor’s fee. The allowance of this sum was erroneous, as the clause which permitted it could only have reference to a foreclosure under the power of sale. — Sage v. Riggs, 12 Mich., 313.

After the…