Edgerton v. Young
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. M. E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery commenced by Archibald.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. M. E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery commenced by Archibald. Young, and Elbert H. Van Kleek, the defendants in error, in the Circuit Court of LaSalle county, for the purpose of foreclosing a trust deed, executed by Joshua Cushing and wife to Orville N. Adams, to secure a note for $1,600. A decree of foreclosure was rendered in the court below, from which a writ of error was prosecuted to this court. The facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
On the 7th of October, 1855, Joshua Cushing executed to Orville 27. Adams, his promissory note for $1,600, payable one year from date, and, to secure its payment, at the same time executed a deed of trust on certain real estate, in which deed Adams was made the trustee with power to sell. On the 19th of May, 1856, Adams, being indebted to Young & Van Kleek, the complainants below, in the sum of $1,828, indorsed in blank the note of Cushing, and delivered it, together with the deed of trust, to the attorneys of Young & Yan Kleek, to be held by them as security for the payment of the debt due…
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