Legal Opinion
Foote v. Foote
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1886PublishedCited by 28 opinions
Error to St. Joseph. (Pealer, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion, and in head-note 1.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
On the. eighteenth day of May, 1853, Mahitibal Foote owned a farm of eighty acres .of land in St. Joseph county, and on that day sold it to Elisha Foote, who was her son-in-law, and in part payment therefor took back the following note:
“ For value received I promise to pay Mahitibal Foote the sum of eight hundred dollars, to be paid in annual payments of one hundred dollars, the first payment to be made one year from the date of this instrument, or as soon after the expiration of that time as the said Mahitibal Foote may think proper to commence drawing. There is to be no interest on the…
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