Bucher v. Bucher

This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Jo Daviess county by George E. Bucher, the defendant in error, to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by John J. Bucher, deceased, in his life-time, and by Anna Bucher his wife. John J. Bucher having died, his widow, Anna Bucher, and his heirs at law were made defendants in the bill. The mortgage was executed on May 8, 1856, and' was given to secure the payment of a note for $2,500 to the Bacine and Mississippi Bailroad Company, due in five years, with ten per cent per annum interest — the mortgage being on 168 acres of land in Jo Daviess…