112 Mich. 214 | Mich. | 1897
Complainants are bankers, and, in 1894, extended credit to defendants Frank and Albert Remaly, and, on the 30th of December, 1895, obtained a
Complainants’ counsel very properly state that, as no appeal was taken by complainants, the transaction of the giving of the mortgage can only be considered as it gives color to the transaction relating to the deed. The testimony is neither voluminous nor involved The complainants offered testimony tending to show that, at the time of extending credit to Remaly Bros., the defendant Prank Remaly represented that he was the owner of the land in question. This, in addition to the fact that the deed was kept from record from 1888 to 1895, constitutes substantially the only testimony tending to indicate any fraudulent purpose on the part of .defendants. The evidence establishes very clearly that, when this land was originally purchased by the defendant Prank Remaly, a mortgage was given to one Mr. Darrow, the father of the defendant Nina, which mortgage was assigned to her by her father in May, 1886, and which assignment was duly recorded in November, 1886. Nor can there be any doubt that the deed of the un