Snell v. Stanley
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. It appears that Charles C. Brown owned certain land, and sold it to Henry G. Tyler, who executed to Brown a mortgage on the land to secure the deferred payments on the purchase, for which he had executed three promissory notes, due in one, two, and three years, for §1000, each, bearing six per cent interest.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. It appears that Charles C. Brown owned certain land, and sold it to Henry G. Tyler, who executed to Brown a mortgage on the land to secure the deferred payments on the purchase, for which he had executed three promissory notes, due in one, two, and three years, for §1000, each, bearing six per cent interest. Brown transferred the notes to complainant, and Tyler subsequently sold the land to Snell. The two last notes not being paid, Stanley filed this bill against Snell, Sarah E. Snell, his wife, and Bah…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
Clinton W. Stanley filed a bill to foreclose a mortgage, making defendants thereto, Thomas Snell, Sarah E. Snell, Gus. Bahay, and Chris. Krouse. No answer was filed, and we are called upon to decide, as to the sufficiency of the bill upon demurrer. We have examined the record, and find no demurrer. We can not therefore determine the questions attempted to be raised by it.
The bill does not aver that Sarah is the wife of Thomas Snell, but avers that Bahay and Krouse are merely tenants of Snell, upon the lands in the bill mentioned; and they have no other interest therein.
The default of the…
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