Stinson v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This was a bill to foreclose a mortgage, brought by the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, against James Stinson.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. This was a bill to foreclose a mortgage, brought by the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, against James Stinson. The mortgage was executed March 9, 1881, to secure a loan of $15,000 which Stinson obtained from the company, payable March 9, 1884, with interest payable semi-annually, at six per cent per annum. The mortgage was given on temacres of land in Chicago, and the interest was paid promptly as it became due, no…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The -first question presented for determination is whether the Appellate Court erred in holding that the complainant in the bill was entitled to a decree for the amount paid for the tax certificates issued on the tax sales of November 4 and 14, 1893, with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent. It appears from the evidence that Mills, who purchased at the tax sales, was a clerk in the office of one Hamilton; that before the sale complainant made an arrangement with Hamilton to purchase at the tax sales all properties upon which complainant held mortgages, and, after the sale the tax…
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- Martin v. SwoffordMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
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