Senters v. Ottawa Savings Bank

In Senters v. Ottawa Savings Bank, 443 Mich. 45; 503 N.W.2d 639 (1993), the Michigan Supreme Court held, "where, as in the present case, a statute is applicable to the circumstances and dictates the requirements for relief by one party, equity will not interfere." Id. at 56. In that case, because the statute pertaining to redemption clearly specified the requirements that the plaintiff had to fulfill in order to redeem her property, there was "no room for equitable considerations absent fraud, accident, or mistake." Id. at 55. Thus, the Senters Court concluded that in the absence of fraud, accident or mistake, the possibility of injustice is not enough to tamper with the strict statutory requirements. Id. at 57.