Brown v. Mudge
Citation | 242 Mich. 324,218 N.W. 687 |
Decision Date | 03 April 1928 |
Docket Number | No. 79.,79. |
Parties | BROWN et al. v. MUDGE et al. |
Court | Michigan Supreme Court |
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Grand Traverse County, in Chancery; Parm C. Gilbert, Judge.
Bill by Ephrian C. Brown and another against Harry E. Mudge and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded.
Argued before the Entire Bench. M. W. Underwood, of Traverse City, for appellants.
Patchin & Duncan, of Traverse City, for appellees.
This bill was filed to foreclose a land contract made by the plaintiffs to the defendants for the sale of certain real estate in Traverse City, Mich.
The purchase price was $12,000, on which there was a down payment of $1,000. The balance was to be paid in payments of $125 or more per month, with interest at 7 per cent. None of the monthly payments was made, and the plaintiff began suit for foreclosure. The decree entered found that there was $3,467.85 due at that date, and gave the defendants until July 9, 1927, to pay it, and, in default of such payment, ordered a sale of the premises at public auction, subject to the interests of Julia S. McManus who held the legal title, to satisfy the entire purchase price, both due and to become due, amounting to $11,000, and provided for a personal decree for deficiency. From this decree the defendants have appealed.
There is no provision in the contract permitting the vendors to declare the whole purchase price due upon default by the vendees in any of its conditions. In view of this fact, the circuit judge was wrong in ordering a sale to satisfy an amount including that to become due. In Cady v. Taggart, 223 Mich. 191, 193 N. W. 848, it is said:
The decree is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings. The defendants will have costs.
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