Legal Opinion

Curran v. Houston

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1903PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on March 29, 1899, in the superior court of Cook county to foreclose a trust deed and the principal and interest notes secured thereby, the com■plainants in the bill being the trustee, James H. Gilbert, and John E. Houston, the defendant in error, the owner of the notes.

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Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed on March 29, 1899, in the superior court of Cook county to foreclose a trust deed and the principal and interest notes secured thereby, the com■plainants in the bill being the trustee, James H. Gilbert, and John E. Houston, the defendant in error, the owner of the notes. The defendants were the maker of the notes and trust deed, Richard Curran, and his wife, Isabella Curran, and one George E.…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder

■ The trust deed, sought to be foreclosed by this suit, was executed on August 24, 1898, by plaintiff in error, and his wife, to James H. Gilbert, trustee, conveying, subject to a prior encumbrance thereon of $6000.00, lot 21 in Hayes’ subdivision of block 1 in Wright’s addition to Chicago in the south-west quarter of section 8, township 39 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian, which said trust deed, here sought to be foreclosed, was so executed to secure the payment of a principal note for $1500.00, dated August 24, 1898, due three years after date, with interest at six per…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kramer v. RebmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
  2. Brown v. McKayIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Ottawa Northern Plank Road Co. v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Van Vlissingen v. LenzIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Hoodless v. ReidIllinois Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sahadi v. Continental Illinois National BankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Sahadi v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Exchange National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  5. Justine Realty Company v. American National Can CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992

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