Walker v. Bates

Fred Hanna and wife, prior to the happening of the events involved herein, owned the property in question. They mortgaged it to the Highland Park State Bank. Plaintiffs, members of a syndicate dealing in Detroit real estate, December 18, 1919, instituted suit against Henry W. Bates and Frances U. Bates, his wife, claiming Bates had fraudulently purchased with plaintiffs' money and taken, in the name of his wife, the property here involved. An injunction was issued. No notice oflis pendens was filed until July 24, 1920. Upon the trial a decree was rendered, April 17, 1922, finding Bates…