Case Name: LINDOW v. WEBBER
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1901-01-29
Citations: 125 Mich. 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: LINDOW v. WEBBER.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 641–642

Head Matter:
LINDOW v. WEBBER.
Appeal — Question of Faot.
The question being one of faot, no syllabus is required.
Appeal from Tuscola; Beach, J.
Submitted January 10, 1901.
Decided January 29, 1901.
Bill by Charles Lindow and Eliza Lindow against John Webber and Ada L. Cash to have a deed declared an equitable mortgage, and for an accounting. Erom a decree finding a balance due to defendants, complainants appeal.
Modified.
Frank L. Fates, for complainants.
T. W. Atwood, for defendants.
By Grant, J.

Opinion:
Grant, J.
The purpose of this bill is to set aside a deed made by complainants, May 3, 1880, to defendant Webber, to have it declared a mortgage, and to secure an accounting. The case was heard upon pleadings and proofs taken in open court. At the commencement of taking proofs, defendants conceded that complainants might have a decree for the land upon payment of the amount due. The case proceeded upon that theory. Decree was rendered for defendants for $3,200, and sale ordered upon failure to redeem. The issue is one of fact only. An examination of the proofs leads us to the same conclusion as that reached by the circuit court.
The decree inadvertently omitted to provide for the payment by the defendants of the mortgage held by defendant Cash, and which was given by defendant Webber. The decree will be modified so as to deduct the amount due upon this mortgage, unless defendants procure its discharge. Defendants will recover costs.
The other Justices concurred.