110 Mich. 304 | Mich. | 1896
This bill was filed April 11, 1894, to foreclose a lien decreed in divorce proceedings between complainant and defendant Albert Glick. The lien was declared December 30, 1893, principally to secure payment of alimony for the maintenance of an infant child of the parties, about four years of age. The decree required Albert to pay to complainant the sum of $20 every three months, for the support, care, and education of the child, until it arrived at the age of 12 years, giving its custody to the complainant. The lien covers 60 acres of land held by said Albert under land contract from Sanford A. Yeomans, dated July 27, 1891, duly
The bill of foreclosure, aside from ordinary allegations, sets forth that the defendants were conspiring and combining together to injure complainant, and prevent her from recovering said alimony, by said Jacob’s entering into possession of said Albert’s personal property, and by cutting down and converting the growing timber, thereby lessening the value of the premises, alleged to be a scanty security. The bill also alleges that Albert had so far performed on his part of said contract, and had paid $125 of principal, besides interest then due, and prays that, in case complainant should pay any portion of said purchase price to protect her interest, the same may be included in her decree. It also prays for subpoena, and injunction to stay, waste, and for general relief. . Appearance in this suit was duly entered for both defendants by same counsel. They answered only for Jacob, and allowed the bill to be taken as confessed as to Albert.
The answer of Jacob, filed August 7, 1894, admits the decree of divorce and for alimony, and the lien on the premises, as alleged, but denies that Albert then owned the premises, or had any right therein, and avers
Replication was duly filed, and the proofs were taken in open court January 29,1895. The decree of the court computes the amount matured and due complainant on decree to date of entry, July 11, 1895, at $250.36; orders sale after September 15, 1895; adjudges premises a scanty security, and restrains defendants from committing waste; adjudges Albert personally liable, and, in case of deficiency, that Jacob shall be held personally liable for a sum equal to the extra taxable costs occasioned by his
The record shows that, after the service of subpoena in the divorce case, defendant Jacob knew of the claim made by complainant for alimony, and her claimed interest in the property to pay the same. Before the bill was filed to enforce the lien, Albert absconded. Jacob claims to have arranged with him for the purchase of the land, and an assignment of his interest, but the assignment of the contract was not then made. The papers were thereafter prepared, sent forward to Albert, and then by him executed. When Albert left he turned all his property over to his father, Jacob Glick. There were a team and wagon, and other personal property. The court below evidently believed, from all the facts and circumstances disclosed by the record, that Jacob and Albert were acting in concert to defraud the complainant, and that for this purpose whatever property Albert had was put into Jacob’s hands, and that there was sufficient to pay Jacob for what he had put into the land. The court, therefore, by its decree, sought to protect the rights of the complainant; and, we think, properly. That decree will be affirmed, with costs.