Legal Opinion

Willoughby v. Security Trust & Deposit Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 31, 1918No. Gen. No. 22,909Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stoxjgh, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett

This is an appeal by the Security Trust & Deposit Company, one of the defendants below, from a decree of the Circuit Court of Cook county, which foreclosed a lien given by a certain lease upon the leasehold interest thereby conveyed to secure the 'rent therein reserved.

The- original lessor was the Masonic Fraternity Temple Association, which devised a part of its building and premises for a term of 94 years. The interest of the original lessee was by him conveyed to one Dickinson, who in turn conveyed to appellant who thereafter became a tenant under said lease, using the premises for a safe…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Webster v. NicholsIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Mackin v. HavenIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Haynes v. Sherwin-Williams Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  4. Fields v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

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