Van Vlissingen v. Lenz

This was an action in ejectment, brought in the Superior Court of Cook county by Peter VanVlissingen to recover certain property in the city of Chicago. The title of the plaintiff was alleged to be derived through and by virtue of a trust deed in the nature of a mortgage, executed by Christina Lenz and Joseph Lenz, her husband, on the 10th day of July, 1895, to secure a note for §3600, payable five years after date, with interest at six per cent per annum, evidenced by interest notes attached to the principal note. The principal note contained a clause whereby it was provided that if default…