Cornell v. Hall
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Ionia Circuit. The bill in this case was filed by Alanson E. Cornell, in the Circuit Court for the County of Ionia in Chancery, to redeem two parcels of land, which the complainant, on the 5th day of December, 1860, conveyed by a warranty deed to the defendant, Joshua S. Hall; which deed, the complainant avers, was intended as a security for a loan of seven hundred and fifty dollars, at that time paid by Hall to complainant; a part of it being paid in…
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Appeal in Chancery from Ionia Circuit. The bill in this case was filed by Alanson E. Cornell, in the Circuit Court for the County of Ionia in Chancery, to redeem two parcels of land, which the complainant, on the 5th day of December, 1860, conveyed by a warranty deed to the defendant, Joshua S. Hall; which deed, the complainant avers, was intended as a security for a loan of seven hundred and fifty dollars, at that time paid by Hall to complainant; a part of it being paid in cash, and the balance by surrender of two mortgages on the same premises at that time held by Hall. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This was a bill praying that a deed from complainant to defendant, and a bond of even date from the latter to the former, providing for a reconveyance on certain terms, .should be declared a mortgage and that complainant should be allowed to redeem. -The bill was sworn to, and required *383the defendant to answer under oath, and he answered accordingly. A general replication being filed, the proofs were taken; which, on the part of complainant, aside from his brief and unimportant note of the 3d of December, 1860, his letter from New Orleans, and the bond, consisted only of his own deposition;…
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