Town v. Alexander
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from 'the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in the superior court of Cook county to foreclose a trust deed in the nature of a mortgage.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from 'the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in the superior court of Cook county to foreclose a trust deed in the nature of a mortgage. The original bill was filed by the appellee Belle E. Alexander, the holder of the notes secured by the trust deed sought to be foreclosed, against the appellant, who is the grantee of the premises, and others. The trust deed covered the whole of a certain lot, the east fifty feet of which was covered by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The first point urged by appellant as ground for reversal is, that the Appellate Court exceeded its jurisdiction in assessing statutory damages of two and one-half per centum against appellant, and in favor of appellees Alexander and Boar dm an, on the amounts found by the decree to be due them, respectively, for the reason that, in the opinion of that court, the appeal was prosecuted merely for delay.
Section 23 of chapter 33 of the Revised Statutes of this State provides in cases of appeal or writ of error, that if, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, such appeal or writ of error is…
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