Prettyman v. Barnard
Illinois Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. James Harriot, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Tazewell county brought by John Barnard against Abraham Brown and Amanda, his wife, Samuel P. Bailey and Benjamin S. Prettyman, to foreclose a mortgage executed by Brown and wife, to Bailey, on the 14th of October, 1853, and assigned by Bailey to Barnard.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. James Harriot, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Tazewell county brought by John Barnard against Abraham Brown and Amanda, his wife, Samuel P. Bailey and Benjamin S. Prettyman, to foreclose a mortgage executed by Brown and wife, to Bailey, on the 14th of October, 1853, and assigned by Bailey to Barnard. Prettyman was made a defendant on account of some supposed interest in the premises. It appeared that Brown was the owner of the ‘ land mortgaged, and was indebted to Bailey in the sum of $16,400, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
In this case, when considered in conference, it was found the abstract and brief of plaintiffs in error were so imperfect and unintelligible, that we caused a rule to be entered against them, and a copy served on them by the clerk, that if a proper and intelligible abstract and brief were not furnished within sixty days from the day of entering the rule, the writ of error would be dismissed. There has been no compliance with this rule, and more than sixty days have elapsed since it was entered. We might, therefore, with propriety, dismiss the writ of error.
If however, we are to decide the…
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