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120 Mich. 402

Farwell v. Halladay

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1899

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1899-06-19

Bill by Margaret Farwell against Harmon Halladay, Ella E. Halladay, and Fred L. Heller, to foreclose a mortgage. From a decree for complainant-, defendant Heller appeals. On May 23, 1882, the defendants Halladay, husband and wife, executed a mortgage to one Simon King, guardian, for $200, on the N. W. of the S. W. J of section 31, town 33 N., range 6 W., which was their homestead.

Affirmed · Decided 1899-06-19

Grant, C. J.

¶1(after- stating the facts). We think there is ample testimony to sustain the conclusion of the learned circuit judge. Mr. Halladay owned no other land in that section. Heller was his neighbor, and had been for many years. We think it is a fair deduction from the evidence that Heller knew of the existence of this mortgage. There was no record of any other undischarged mortgage given by the Halladays. Heller knew that they had given a mortgage. It is evident from the testimony of the witness Garbutt, the attorney for Halladay and Heller, who drew the deed and took the acknowledgment thereof, that this mortgage, was referred to, at the time the negotiations for the 'purchase were going on, as being upon the land covered by the deed.

¶2Whether, under the circumstances of this case, the index of the mortgage, to which Heller’s attention was called at the time, was sufficient to put him upon inquiry, we need not determine.

¶3Decree affirmed.

Montgomery, Hooker, and Moore, JJ., concurred. Long, J., did not sit.
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