Taylor v. Champaign County Abstract Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Fulton

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a bill filed by the appellee, D. Alice Taylor, to foreclose a $3,000 mortgage and to enforce payment of the indebtedness secured thereby. The suit was based substantially upon the following facts: On December 1,1921, the note and mortgage described in the bill of complaint were executed by William E. Atkinson and Lena M. Atkinson, his wife, and delivered to Mary E. Webber in payment of part of the purchase price of a tract of real estate located in the city of Urbana, Illinois. The note was made payable to Mary E. Webber,…