Legal Opinion · Dissent

Postal v. Home State Bank for Savings

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 1938No. Docket No. 93, Calendar No. 39,733Published

1DissentButzel, J.

I concur in Mr. Justice Bushnell’s opinion as to the regularity of the real estate mortgage foreclosure. I also concur in the findings that plaintiffs are estopped to claim the dividends on the American Logging Tool Company stock which have been paid to the bank. However, I believe that some of the plaintiffs are not entitled to a return of their share of the stock held by defendants.

It is true that the trust instrument limited the trustee’s power to sell, assign, or dispose of the corpus and conferred no right to pledge. The evidence shows that James R. Postal, the trustee, did pledge the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Palmer v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Henderson v. ShermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Lawrence v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Quimby v. UhlMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Michigan Trust Co. v. HoffmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1914

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