Chicago Assets Co. v. Watrous

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

To reverse a foreclosure decree, entered on May 2, 1930, following the recommendation of a master, this writ of error was sued out on May 29, 1930, by Slater C. Brockman (a bachelor) and Anna M. Brockman (a widow and mother of Slater C. Brockman), two of the defendants to the bill and hereinafter referred to as the Brockmans. No supersedeas was applied for. On February 19, 1931, an order of severance was entered and the Brockmans were given leave to prosecute the writ of error alone.

In complainant’s bill, filed December 17, 1928,…