Harney v. Colwell

Edward P. Harney, the plaintiff, started a suit in the circuit court of Kankakee county, Illinois, to foreclose a trust deed on real estate in that county. The complaint alleges that Elizabeth J. Cleary sold real estate to David Colwell under contract of sale, a copy of which is attached to the bill of complaint; that pursuant to said contract, on May 31, 1929, she conveyed said real estate to David Colwell, and contemporaneously therewith, said David Colwell and his wife, Lana Colwell, gave a trust deed to Elizabeth J. Cleary to secure the balance of said purchase price in the sum of $2,600,…