Chicago Theological Seminary v. Gage
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The board of directors of the Chicago Theological Seminary exhibited their bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county, against Joshua A. Severns, Thomas D. Snyder, Asahel Gage, and others.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The board of directors of the Chicago Theological Seminary exhibited their bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county, against Joshua A. Severns, Thomas D. Snyder, Asahel Gage, and others. The purpose of the bill was to foreclose a deed of trust executed by Severns to Snyder to secure a promissory note given by Severns to complainants,, and also to remove an alleged cloud upon the title of a part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This was a proceeding in equity, in the circuit court of Cook county, instituted by the plaintiff in error, against the defendant in error and others, for the purpose of foreclosing a deed of trust executed by Joshua Severns to Thomas D. Snyder, to secure a note given by Severns to plaintiff in error for $15,000, and also for the purpose of removing an alleged cloud upon the title of a part of the mortgaged premises. Gage, though duly served with process, made no defence, and a decree pro confesso was rendered against him, setting aside certain tax deeds of his as a cloud upon the title of…
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