Legal Opinion

Strang v. Allen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1867PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. Ira O. Wilkinson, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, brought in the court below, by William Allen against Samuel A. Strang, and others, in which the complainant sought to redeem from a mortgage.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker

It appears, from the record in this case, that Lathrop and wife conveyed the property in controversy, on the 19th day of July, 1856, to George E. Hoyt and Amos Avery, by deed, with covenants of warranty.

Three days afterward, they conveyed, by way of mortgage, to Jeremiah Chamberlain, to secure the payment of $698.50, with interest, due one year after date.

On the 15th of April following, Hoyt and Avery executed a trust-deed on the same land,, to Charles M. Osborn, to secure a debt they owed to one Richardson. This deed, by its terms, was subject to the mortgage to Chamberlain, and provided,…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Husheon v. HusheonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Rodman v. QuickIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Adams v. FrySupreme Court of Florida · 1892
  4. Williams v. MarmorIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Matthews v. WhitethornIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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