Ryan v. Allen

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer to an amended bill filed by appellant Ryan and to a cross-bill filed by appellant Somers and dismissing the bills for want of equity.

The executors of the estate of Levi P. Morton held a trust deed executed in 1919 on a certain lot in the city of Chicago, which constituted a first lien upon such premises. On default of interest the whole of this first lien was declared due, and a bill to foreclose the same was filed in the circuit court of Cook county on November 12, 1920, Ryan being a party defendant…