Zeigler v. Hughes

In July, 1845, Brantz Mayer and wife, of Baltimore, Md., executed to the complainant, Zeigler, of the same place, a mortgage upon the undivided half of a lot of ground in the north division of Chicago, fronting 100 feet on Ontario street, and running back 109 feet on Cass street, to secure $5860, to be paid November 1,1845. The mortgage was not legally acknowledged or proved, the combined proof and acknowledgment containing no identification of the grantors, but it was recorded. March 28,1861, Zeigler gave to the appellee, Hughes, an attorney at law in Chicago, the following power of attorney…