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55 Mich. 175

Shier v. Prentis

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1884

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1884-10-22

<p> NoUae of foreclosure sale. </p> <p>1. A foreclosure sale is illegal if made without notice to defendants before the date fixed by the decree for the payment, in default of which sale may be made.</p> <p>2. The right of defendant in foreclosure to all the time the decree allows him for making payment, cannot be presumed waived in order to sustain a sale prematurely made without notice to him.</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1884-10-22

Campbell, J.

¶1Under a foreclosure decree in this case, it was provided that defendant should pay the sum due by March 15,1883, and in default of payment that the premises *176might be thereafter sold. Instead of pursuing this decree, the circuit court commissioner advertised on the 21st of December, 1882, and sold on February 3,1S83, and an order nisi was entered February 23, 1883. No notice of any of these matters was given defendants. The commissioner reported a deficiency. On application for execution these facts appeared, and the court below refused to grant it, and complainant appeals.

¶2The sale was premature and illegal, and defendants cannot be deemed to have waived any right, when they were not bound to suppose any sale could be had or report filed prematurely. The case is too plain to bear discussion.

¶3The order must be affirmed with costs.

The other Justices concurred.
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