Stockton v. Watson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. This appeal is prosecuted from a decree in favor of the appellees (defendants below) dismissing tbe bill of foreclosure filed September 12, 1893, against the principal defendant, Watson, and against Bliss and Hanscom. trustees, the active defendants, for want of equity; ordering cancellation of Watson’s note foils,500, together with the trust deed sought to he…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. This appeal is prosecuted from a decree in favor of the appellees (defendants below) dismissing tbe bill of foreclosure filed September 12, 1893, against the principal defendant, Watson, and against Bliss and Hanscom. trustees, the active defendants, for want of equity; ordering cancellation of Watson’s note foils,500, together with the trust deed sought to he foreclosed, as without consideration and void, and as a cloud upon the title of Watson’s homestead. The bill prayed for…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). There is practically no dispute about the facts in this case. The findings of the master are fully sustained by the testimony in the case, and were properly confirmed by the court. The full statement of the facts as above in the language of the master’s report is equivalent to a decision of the case in favor of the appellees.. We fully concur with the conclusions of the master in regard to the superior negligence of the appellants in being the occasion of the loss, and in Adams being the agent of the appellants in making the loan, and in receiving the money…
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