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147 Mich. 369

Batdorf v. Dykstra

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1907

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1907-03-05

<p>Mortgages— Foreclosure — Exchange op Property — Fraud— Evidence.</p> <p>On a bill to foreclose a mortgage given as part consideration for an exchange of property, evidence examined, and held, that defendant’s allegations of fraud in the transaction were not sustained.</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1907-03-05

Carpenter, J.

¶1This is a suit brought to foreclose a mortgage given by defendant John R. Dykstra and his wife, since deceased, to complainant. This mortgage was given as a part of a transaction whereby complainant exchanged a farm, upon which the mortgage is given, for a house and lot formerly owned by defendant Dykstra in the city of Grand Rapids.

¶2It is contended that complainant defrauded Dykstra in this exchange and that the damages therefor exceeded the amount secured by the mortgage. Prom testimony taken in open court the learned trial judge decided that no fraud was committed, and he therefore gave complainant a decree for the full amount of the mortgage indebtedness. An examination of the record convinces us that he reached a correct conclusion.

¶3The decree is therefore affirmed, with costs.

McAlvay, C. J., and Grant, Hooker, and Moore, JJ., concurred.
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