International Bank v. Wilshire

In the month of October, 1865, Samuel J. Walker, being the owner of certain real estate in the city of Chicago, conveyed it to Henry H. Honoré, who, on the same day, executed a mortgage on the premises to Walker, to secure the payment o'f two promissory notes of the same date, executed by Honoré to Walker, for $18,000 each, due in one and two years after date. They bore eight per cent interest. The mortgage recited that the notes were given for part of the purchase money. The deed and mortgage were recorded on the 30th day of December, 1865. Soon after, Walker sold one of the notes to…