Washingtonian Home v. Van Meter

This appeal is prosecuted by plaintiff from a decree of the circuit court of Cook county, entered January 26, 1938, sustaining defendants’ motion to dismiss the two count complaint. The first count, headed, “Separate Action in Chancery,” avers, in substance, that on September 22, 1921, defendant Van Meter executed and delivered to plaintiff his principal promissory note in the sum of $1,100, payable to the order of plaintiff 5 years after date, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, payable semiannually; that to secure payment thereof said defendant executed and delivered his deed mortgaging…