Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank v. O'Connor

This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Winnebago county by the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank, as the holder of a mortgage on premises in that county, against William O’Connor, Jennie O’Connor and others, to construe as a mortgage the interest acquired by Bert O’Connor, now deceased, under a deed to him and William O’Connor, to subordinate the lien of said alleged mortgage to that of the Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank, and to foreclose the latter mortgage as a first lien. All the defendants were defaulted except Jennie O’Connor, who claimed to be the widow of Bert O’Connor. She filed…