First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank v. Worrell

Mr. Justice Wolfe delivered

the opinion of the court.

The First Trust Joint Land Bank, of Chicago, on May 15,1935, started suit in the circuit court of Kankakee county, to foreclose a mortgage for $22,600 on a farm of 226 acres in Kankakee county, Illinois. The principal defendants were Robert and Margaret Maude Worrell. There were other defendants and interests set forth in the complaint, but these are not involved in this appeal. The complaint alleges the making of a mortgage, the default in payment of interest, and that the holders of the note and mortgage had exercised their option to…