Legal Opinion

Wright v. Neely

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 21, 1902Published

Foreclosure.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wateeman

It is urged that the testimony that $750 is a usual and customary fee of a solicitor for conducting foreclosure proceedings such as was this, did not justify the finding that such sum is a reasonable fee.

The Supreme Court have frequently held otherwise. Reynolds v. McMillan, 63 Ill. 46; Nathan v. Brand, 167 Ill. 607; L., N. A. & C. Ry. Co. v. Wallace, 136 Ill. 87; Heffron v. Gage, 149 Ill. 192; Metheny v. Bohn, 164 Ill. 495; Guignon v. Union Trust Co., 156 Ill. 135.

The sum of $25 as attorney’s fees was properly allowed to the second mortgagee under the clause in its mortgage that the grantor…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Metheny v. BohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. WallaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Reynolds v. McMillanIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Goodwin v. BishopIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Guignon v. Union Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1895

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