Legal Opinion

Beebe v. Swartwout

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1846PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Bill in' Chancery in the Adams Circuit Court, brought by the appellee against the appellant to foreclose a mortgage. The defendant below filed a cross-bill, which, at the hearing before the Hon. Norman H. Purple, at the September term 1845, was dismissed, and a decree of foreclosure was rendered as prayed for in the original bill. The defendant appealed. An abstract of the pleadings and evidence in the cause will be found in the Opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Koerner, J.*

This case was heard at the September term of the Adams Circuit Court, A. D. 1845, when the Court dismissed the cross-bill filed by Beebe, the defendant below, and rendered a decree of foreclosure in favor of Swartwout, the original complainant below. The dismissal of defendant’s cross-bill, and the rendition of decree in favor of complainant, Swartwout, by the Court below, is now assigned for error. For a proper understanding of the decision of the Court in this case, I have deemed it necessary to give the following abstract of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Simpson v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
  2. Sedgwick v. HollenbackNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  3. Waldron v. M'CartyNew York Supreme Court · 1808

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Peters v. BowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Van Meter v. ZumwaltIdaho Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Fraser v. GlassAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  4. Hoyt v. RotheWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Williams v. BoeynaemsHawaii Supreme Court · 1920

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