First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago v. Cutler

Mr. Presiding Justice Riess

delivered the opinion of the court.

The above cause comes before this court for the third time upon an appeal by the defendants from certain orders and decrees of the circuit court of Shelby county, in a real estate mortgage foreclosure proceeding wherein the First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago is the plaintiff appellee and Elmer Cutler and others are defendants appellants.

In the first instance, all of the defendants named in the original complaint except Elmer Cutler sought to appeal from an order denying their motion in the nature of a demurrer to dismiss…