Hummer v. R. C. Huffman Const. Co.

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was originally instituted in the circuit court of La Salle county, Ill., on June 25, 1931, and was later removed to the federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on account of diversity of citizenship, the amount involved exceeding $3,000.

The declaration in substance alleges that on March 2, 1925, Mitchell was indebted to the trust company upon certain bonds in the principal amount of $27,500, and owned the real estate in controversy; that on the last-named date Mitchell and his wife executed and delivered to appellant a deed of trust which…