Legal Opinion

Chambers v. Prewitt

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 16, 1897Published

Mortgage Foreclosure.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pleasants

In March, 1885, John P. Smith borrowed of George and Hiram Wilson, partners, $22,500, giving his notes therefor and executing a mortgage upon his farm of 770 acres in Sangamon and Morgan counties to secure their payment.

Afterward, he became indebted to the Central Illinois Banking and Savings Association (commonly known as the Central Bank) of Jacksonville, on notes and overdrafts, for the payment of which his brothers, James D. and Lloyd B. Smith, were sureties, and which on February 2, 1893, upon an accounting between the parties, were agreed to amount' in all to $34,500. Thereupon, he made…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wilson v. RootsIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Homer v. Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1829
  3. Paris v. HulettSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
  4. Osborn v. NobleMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Aldrich v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883

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