Woolley v. Alexander
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court, of Whiteside county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court, of Whiteside county. This was a bill by Francis M. Woolley and Hartson C. Woolley, executors of the last will ofBenjamin F. Woolley, deceased, against Eliza J. Alexander, John W. Alexander, Harrison Alexander, Device Metzler ami Horace Alexander, heirs of Clement C. Alexander, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage given by Clement C. Alexander to Henry ICeneagy, and by him transferred to Benjamin F. Woolley, deceased.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This was 'a bill in chancery, to foreclose a mortgage executed by Clement C. Alexander to Henry Keneagy, on the 1st day of April, 1856, on a tract of land belonging to Alexander, situated in Whiteside county, consisting of several hundred acres, to secure a note of same date, made by Alexander to Keneagy, for $1000, payable in two years, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, and the defences interposed were payment and usury.
There was a hearing upon the merits in the circuit court, resulting in a decree dismissing complainants’ bill, and this decree was affirmed by the…
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