Gerasimos v. Estate of Wartell

On July 1, 1918, plaintiffs executed and delivered to Moses Wartell a note for $6,000, payable in three years, with interest at 6 per cent. To secure this note, they executed a mortgage on certain real estate in the city of Detroit, which was duly acknowledged and recorded. Mr. Wartell died on December 21, 1921. Alleging that the mortgage had been paid in full, and that foreclosure proceedings were threatened, plaintiffs filed the bill herein, praying for a decree discharging it. The administrator of the estate and the widow, who was also made a defendant, answered, denying that the mortgage…