Legal Opinion

Bowes Investment Co. v. Steinlauf

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 29, 1912No. Gen. No. 17,441Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1911.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch

This is an appeal from a decree in a forceclosure suit. The defense in the court "below was that the trust deed upon which the suit was based had been released as to the property of appellants by a deed executed by the trustee, duly acknowledged and recorded. The chancellor found in favor of appellee (the complainant) and entered a decree accordingly. On this appeal, the main points urged are that the findings and decree are not sustained by sufficient evidence, and that the decree is otherwise inequitable and unjust.

It appears from the evidence that in October, 1900, one George W. Dawes…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boone v. RobertIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Russell v. Baptist Theological UnionIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Oliphant v. LiversidgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Gritten v. DickersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Ames v. WitbeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

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