Norris v. Downing

On December 29, 1866, Eli J. Everett conveyed to Jesse and Cynthia Downing, husband and wife, by warranty deed, the east half of the south-east quarter of section 33, township 22 north, range 5, east of the third principal meridian, McLean county, Illinois. On March 2, 1885, Jesse and Cynthia Downing executed and delivered to the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, a mortgage on said premises to secure their promissory note for $1200, due five years after date, with interest at six per cent per annum, which note and mortgage were subsequently assigned and are now…