Legal Opinion

Moshier v. Knox College

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1863PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. Charles B. Lawbehoe, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below by Knox College against William B. Patterson, Timothy Moshier, the appellant, and others, for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed to the complainant by Patterson, on the 1st day of January, 1856, upon the north half of the north half of the south-east quarter of section number twenty-one, in township eleven, north of…

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. Charles B. Lawbehoe, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery, instituted in the court below by Knox College against William B. Patterson, Timothy Moshier, the appellant, and others, for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed to the complainant by Patterson, on the 1st day of January, 1856, upon the north half of the north half of the south-east quarter of section number twenty-one, in township eleven, north of range one east of the fourth principal meridian, in Knox county, and duly recorded in the proper office on 24th of April…

1Opinion of the Court

Hr. Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was a bill in chancery, filed by Knox College, against William B. Patterson, Timothy Moshier, the appellant, and others, to foreclose a mortgage executed for the security of the purchase-money of the lands described in the mortgage. The bill is in the usual form, alleging the execution of the note and mortgage on the first day of January, 1856, and recording same on the 24th of April, 1857, and the failure to pay the money due. The bill then alleges that the appellant, Moshier, and the other defendants, claim some interest in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Corgan v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Gregory v. DodgeCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1835

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. American Bible Society v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Weber v. RothchildOregon Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Draper v. DraperIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Walker v. DementIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Baldwin v. SagerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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