Citizens' Savings Bank v. Darling

The bill in this case was filed to foreclose a mortgage given by the defendant and her husband, Edgar S. Darling, on property owned by Mrs. Darling. The defense is that Mrs. Darling’s signature to the mortgage was procured by the fraudulent representations of her husband. It appears that Edgar S. Darling and his brother, Elmer E. Darling, were in- business together in Detroit as book agents, and owed a debt to complainant bank. The bank refusing to carry the debt longer without security, Darling went to his wife, and stated to her that he must obtain an advance of money from the bank to put…