City of Detroit v. Lewis
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Carpenter, J. Assumpsit by the city of Detroit against Alexander Lewis and another to recover the amount of taxes assessed against certain mortgages held by defendants as trustees. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
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Error to Wayne; Carpenter, J. Assumpsit by the city of Detroit against Alexander Lewis and another to recover the amount of taxes assessed against certain mortgages held by defendants as trustees. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error. On the 5th of July, 1892, the Detroit Gaslight ■ Company and Camille Weidenfeld, of the city of New York, executed a contract, the material parts of which are as follows: “ Whereas, said second party is desirous of purchasing so much of the property of said first party as is used for the purpose of making and distributing gas, and is also…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). It is important first to determine the exact status of the credit which is the subject of this litigation. At the time this mortgage was given, the stockholders of the Detroit Gaslight Company, resident and nonresident, had assigned all their shares, under the agreement above referred to. Upon the giving of this mortgage they were not the owners, therefore, of any of the stock of that corporation, but had parted with their title to it. All their interests were then represented by this mortgage, which, when collected by the trustees, was evidently to be divided among…
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