Stephens v. Leonard
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Frazer, J. Bill by Albert L. Stephens against Henry B. Leonard and Annie E. Leonard to foreclose a mortgage. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In 1894 the Leonard & Carter Furniture Company purchased from Thomas T. Leete and wife, on land contract, 30 feet front on Gratiot avenue, Detroit (referred to in the record as the “ Gratiot-A venue Property ”). The purchase price was $40,000, upon which $5,000 was paid down. The defendant Henry R. Leonard, on the 1st of April, 1890, had bought from the trustees of the Brush estate a lot on.Eliot street, Detroit (called in the record .the “Eliot-Street Property”), at the price of 45,830, only $830 of the purchase price having been paid. The furniture company had erected a building on the…
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