Yeaton v. Berney

On the 8th day of May, 1857, Berney, the appellee, sold and conveyed to appellants a certain block of land situate in the city of Chicago. Of the consideration, the sum of $33,040 was to be paid by appellants in five installments, and for which they gave their five joint promissory notes of that date, payable to the' order of appellee in one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, after date, at the office of S. H. Kerfoot & Co., in the city of Chicago. Hone of the notes bore interest on their face. To secure these notes appellants gave back to appellee a mortgage of the premises…