Buckely v. Commercial National Bank
Appellate Court of Illinois
Foreclosure—Cross-Bill for Mechanic’s Lien.—Appeal from, the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 189S.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The Commercial National Bank of Chicago, one of the appellees herein, commenced its suit against John S. Woollacott, and others, to foreclose a certain mortgage claim on a note for $5,000, given by John S. Woollacott, and upon a quit-claim deed given by said Woollacott and wife to John B. Meyer, in trust for the appellee. Appellee prayed that a decree be entered declaring said quit-claim deed a mortgage given to secure an indebtedness of John S. Woollacott, in the sum of $12,800, which was evidenced by his note to appellee. Appellees prayed for an accounting, and for a decree in said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Paddock v. StoutIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Goodman v. FriedAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894