Michigan Supreme Court June 21, 1876 (Avery v. Ryerson)

Graves, J:

On October 13, 1866, Elihu Cooper mortgaged the southeast quarter of section two, town eleven north, range thirteen west, to the defendants, Martin Ryerson, Charles T. Hills, Henry H. Getty, and one Ezra Stevens, for four hun*364•dred dollars of purchase money, payable in two equal annual payments. The mortgagees composed the firm of Eyerson, Hills & Co., and Stevens afterwards died.