Wisner v. Farnham
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Oakland Circuit Court in Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed in aid of an execution at law, in which the complainant states that on the 8th day of August, 1850, he recovered in the Genesee Comity Court, a judgment against defendant, Joseph S. Farnham, for 8525 21, damages and costs; that the same was rendered on two certain promissory notes, &c.; and that on the 4th day of September, thereafter, an execution was issued and delivered to the sheriff,…
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Appeal from the Oakland Circuit Court in Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed in aid of an execution at law, in which the complainant states that on the 8th day of August, 1850, he recovered in the Genesee Comity Court, a judgment against defendant, Joseph S. Farnham, for 8525 21, damages and costs; that the same was rendered on two certain promissory notes, &c.; and that on the 4th day of September, thereafter, an execution was issued and delivered to the sheriff, who, for want of goods and chattels, levied the same on certain real estate, &c. m The complainant then charges that the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Pratt, J.
In this cause there is no real ground upon which the decree in the Court below, can be reversed or altered.
It is true,'that the bill is not as full and particular in every respect, as bills usually are in this class of cases; still, it is sufficiently so in matters of substance, to make a case that authorized the Court below to' grant the relief sought under it.
Tn view of the facts in the case, it is entirely immaterial whether the conveyance of Joseph S., to his brother James L., was, for the reason assigned by them in their answer, void or not, as the premises were…
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