Morris v. Morris
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal by complainant from the Oakland Circuit in Chancery. The hill was in the ordinary form of foreclosure bills, and alleged,— That, on the 15th day of August, 1843, Orville C.‘Morris executed to William Morris thirteen promissory notes, twelve for three hundred dollars each, and the thirteenth for four hundred dollars, and payable from one to thirteen years thereafter — the last six of which are alleged to be unpaid, and to be held by complainant; that, to secure the…
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Appeal by complainant from the Oakland Circuit in Chancery. The hill was in the ordinary form of foreclosure bills, and alleged,— That, on the 15th day of August, 1843, Orville C.‘Morris executed to William Morris thirteen promissory notes, twelve for three hundred dollars each, and the thirteenth for four hundred dollars, and payable from one to thirteen years thereafter — the last six of which are alleged to be unpaid, and to be held by complainant; that, to secure the payment of said notes, said Orville, on the same day, executed to said William a mortgage on certain premises in Oakland…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
The complainant filed his bill, as assignee from the administrators of William Morris deceased of six several notes, being part of thirteen originally given, with an accompanying mortgage, executed by the defendant to William Morris on the 15th day of August, 1843. The bill was filed to foreclose the mortgage, and alleged the whole amount of the notes in complainant’s hands to be due and impaid. The bill sets forth the death of William Morris in 1844, and the assignment from his administrators in 1848. It is in the usual form of foreclosure bills, and waives an answer under oath.…
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