Becker v. Northern Trust Co.

On February 27, 1954, plaintiff, Virginia H. Becker, filed her bill of complaint in the circuit court of Wayne county to void a mortgage executed by plaintiff and her husband upon certain real estate occupied by them as their home. It appears that Paul M. Becker, husband of plaintiff, became indebted to Morgan P. Underwood in the amount of $28,817.44. On January 16, 1951, the indebtedness was reduced to a judgment in the Wayne county circuit court. On October 28, 1952, plaintiff and her husband entered into a written agreement with Oscar E. Waer, administrator of the estate of Morgan P.…