Legal Opinion
Sheehan v. Farwell
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1903No. Docket No. 5PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Wayne; Rohnert, J. Bill by Robert C. Sheehan against Jesse H. Farwell and Emer J. Farwell, impleaded with James A. Cook, special administrator of the estate of Calvin A. Cook, deceased, to compel the conveyance of certain real estate and for an accounting. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoqre, J.
This is an appeal from a decree granting the relief prayed for in the bill of complaint. A reference to the case of Farwell v. Bigelow, 112 Mich. 285 (70 N. W. 579), will aid in understanding some of the questions presented in this record.
The bill of complaint is, in substance, as follows:
“That Calvin A. Cook, being indebted to Jesse H. Farwell in divers sums, and also accommodated by some indorsements, on the 29th day of September, 1891, gave a mortgage to Farwell covering lands in Wayne county and Montmorency county, Michigan, and afterwards, on the ■31st day of December, 1892, Cook gave…
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