Denison-Gholson Dry Goods Co. v. Hill

The bill in this case was filed by the complainant, an Illinois mercantile corporation, to recover judgment upon a note for $1,000' alleged to have been executed in its favor by the defendant, and to enforce a mortgage upon certain real estate alleged to have been executed by defendant to secure the payment of said note.

The defendant filed a plea of non est factw/m, denying the execution of the note, and, answering, averred that she had signed the mortgage under duress, and further averred that the mortgage was invalid under the statute of frauds, for the reason that it did not contain a…