Princeton Loan & Trust Co. v. Munson

On the 13th day of May, 1869, James G. Blunt executed a trust deed upon a certain lot of ground, in the city of Chicago, to George Scoville, as trustee, to secure the payment of the sum of $5500, in three years, with ten per cent interest payable semi-annually.

It was a loan of money by one Mrs. Gurley, made through the agency of Wright & Tyrrell on her part, and of A. C.-Ellithorpe on the part of Blunt.

The November interest was paid, but not promptly: $250 of it on the 23d of the month, and $25 in January. The second instalment of interest, falling due May 13,1870, not having been paid, on…