Legal Opinion

Continental Bank v. Kowalsky

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1929No. Docket No. 130 Calendar No. 34,322PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.

This bill was filed to foreclose a mortgage given by the defendants, Esidore Kowalsky and Minnie Kowalsky, on 34 vacant lots in the city of Detroit.

The defendant Esidore Kowalsky is a contractor and dealer in real estate. He had a line of personal credit for a Considerable amount with the plaintiff bank. In January, 1925, he applied for a loan of $6,800. The loan was made and a warranty deed of the property in question was taken as security. The deed was absolute in form but was recorded as a mortgage. Subsequently, Mr. Kowalsky conveyed the lots to the defendants Glasser and Hoffman as a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carroll v. ChauretMichigan Supreme Court · 1928

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Riess v. Old Kent BankMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Citizens Savings & Loan Ass'n v. WarsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939

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