Evergreen Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Hirschman

On May 16,1967, Evergreen Savings and Loan Association, Plaintiff-Appellee, commenced this mortgage foreclosure action in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Several parties were named as defendants but only the Defendants-Appellants, Edward Frey and his wife Barbara Frey, the latter also being known as Isabelle Barbara Hirschman, claimed any interest in the premises. Defendants Freys filed an answer and counterclaim, the gist of the counterclaim being that the plaintiff and the co-defendants had conspired to defraud the Freys. Plaintiff moved to strike the counterclaim and after additional…