Slingo v. Steele-Wedeles Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass, de bonis asportatis. Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendants by direction of the court; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Horton
The foregoing statement is sufficiently explicit to present the questions upon which we dispose of this appeal. The various charges of fraud and deception have been intentionally omitted.
It is contended on behalf of appellant that appellee can not justify the seizure of appellant’s property under said mortgage, first, because no demand was made upon the note which was payable on demand, and, second, because there is no evidence that the mortgagee had reasonable grounds to feel insecure or unsafe. Both of these contentions are well founded.
For some purposes a note payable on demand is due as…
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