Roberts v. Fleming
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. John M. Scott, Judge, presiding. This suit was commenced in the circuit court of Marshall county, and removed, on change of venue, into the circuit court of McLean county. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was a suit in chancery brought by defendants in error, in the Marshall circuit court, against plaintiffs in error, to redeem a number of tracts of land from a mortgage. It appears the mortgage was executed by defendants in error to Pratt Eoberts, and was to secure the sum of eight thousand dollars, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. The mortgage bore date on the thirtieth day of July, 1858, and the money became due on the thirtieth day "of July, 1862. The mortgage contained a power to Eoberts, as the attorney of Fleming and wife, if default should…
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