Thornton v. Lawther

This suit originated in the Superior Court of Cook county on a bill to foreclose a mortgage. Appellee Lawther, the complainant below, by his agent, Charles W. Griggs, made a loan of $3000 to Margaret V. Waite (now Thornton) and Catherine V. Waite, which was evidenced by their promissory note dated March 1, 1888, for the amount loaned, payable to Lawther five years after date, to which ten interest coupon notes, each for §95, were attached. To secure the payment of these notes a mortgage or trust deed of the same date was executed by Margaret V. Waite to Griggs, as trustee, conveying certain…