Hager v. Astorg

This is an action in ejectment to recover a tract of land in Lake County, to which plaintiff obtained a sheriff’s deed, under a sale upon foreclosure of a mortgage, executed to her by the defendant M. Astorg.

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff against all the defendants, but the defendant A. Astorg alone appeals, and does so both from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The main point on this appeal arises under the following facts: On April 27, 1898, the defendant M. Astorg executed the mortgage above referred to, to the plaintiff, who immediately had it…