Seeberger v. Weinberg

delivered the opinion of the Court: On June 3, 1872, Anthony F. Seeberger, the complainant, being the owner of two lots of land in the City of Chicago, conveyed them to John Farr for §1,700, and for $900 of the purchase money, Farr executed to Seeberger his three promissory notes for $300 each, payable in one, two and three years, with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and secured the same by deed of trust on the lots conveyed, to Leonard Hodges, as trustee. On February 18, 1873, Farr conveyed the lots to Sarah Ann Farr, his wife, and subsequently died. Default having been…