Douglas v. Pfeiffer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county, by the appellees, Caspar Pfeiffer, trustee, etc., Catherine Weber and John C. Weber, against the appellants, ¡Nathaniel Douglas, George T. De ¡Roe and John Y. Le Moyne, to remove a cloud from the title to certain real estate, occasioned by a trust deed given to secure the payment of a certain note for the sum of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county, by the appellees, Caspar Pfeiffer, trustee, etc., Catherine Weber and John C. Weber, against the appellants, ¡Nathaniel Douglas, George T. De ¡Roe and John Y. Le Moyne, to remove a cloud from the title to certain real estate, occasioned by a trust deed given to secure the payment of a certain note for the sum of $800.00, payable to said George T. De Poe, said Le Moyne being named as trustee in said deed. The defendants filed a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In October, 1856, Pfeiffer, the appellee herein, borrowed of one Benson, then doing a banking business in Chicago, the sum of $1,850, and left on deposit with him $800, with which to pay a debt secured by deed of trust on the same property upon which security was given for the new loan. The note for $800 was payable to one George T. De Eoe, and J. Y. Le Moyne was the trustee in the deed of trust. Benson placed the money on his books to the credit of Le Moyne, and notified him of that fact; but, being only trustee for the sale of the property, the latter declined to receive it. In June, 1857,…
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