Lamb v. Richards
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. D. M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the Morgan county Circuit Court, by the appellee, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, George H. Richards, to foreclose a certain mortgage, executed by one William Lamb and wife, to the said George H. Richards. The facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Lawrence
delivered the opinion of the Court:
On the 6th of Hay, 1860, one George H. Richards, being then the owner of certain real estate in Horgan county, mortgaged it to Hurray HcConnel, to secure certain indebtedness due the latter. In October, 1860, Richards conveyed the premises to William Lamb, and Lamb executed to Richards certain notes for the unpaid purchase-money, and a mortgage upon the premises. Subsequently, HcConnel filed a bill to foreclose his mortgage, making parties Hinerva Richards, the administratrix of the mortgagor, who had in the mean time died, as also his…
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