Richardson v. United States Mortgage & Trust Co.
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. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.
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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. R. S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This is a bill for foreclosure, filed on April 18,1898, by the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, formerly United States Mortgage Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, and having its principal office of business in the city of New York, and authorized by its charter to invest or loan money and take real estate security therefor, against William Richardson, Mary A. C. Richardson and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
In this case all the material allegations of the bill in regard to the execution of the note and mortgage, and the failure to pay the debt thereby secured and the taxes and assessments upon the property, are admitted by the appellant.' No real objection is made to the correctness of the decree upon any other ground than that the defense set up in the plea was ignored by the trial court.
The only question in the case, therefore, is whether the charge contained in the plea, that the appellee did not comply with the act of May 26, 1897, constituted a good defense to the prosecution of this…
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