Campbell v. Benjamin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, exhibited by Clara Benjamin and S. G. W. Benjamin, her husband, against George C. Campbell, Joseph O. Glover, Samuel R. Haven, Mary A. Stowell, etc., to foreclose a certain deed of trust executed by Charles H. Scriven to Samuel R. Haven, to secure the payment of a note of $6000, given by said Scriven to Clara Benjamin.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, exhibited by Clara Benjamin and S. G. W. Benjamin, her husband, against George C. Campbell, Joseph O. Glover, Samuel R. Haven, Mary A. Stowell, etc., to foreclose a certain deed of trust executed by Charles H. Scriven to Samuel R. Haven, to secure the payment of a note of $6000, given by said Scriven to Clara Benjamin. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the leading facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county, by appellees against appellants, for the purpose of foreclosing a trust deed upon certain real estate in Chicago.
The trust deed bears date April 2, 1866, and was recorded April 6th. It was given by Charles H. Scriven to Samuel R. Haven, as trustee, to secure a note of $6000, due in three years, given to Clara Benjamin, and another note of $1-500, given to Mary A. Stowell.
The $1500 note has been paid, and Glover, one of appellants, had, prior to the filing of the bill, purchased one-half of the $6000 note.
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