Legal Opinion

Odell v. Bell

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 15, 1896Published

Bill, for relief. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentaho, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary

The bill in this case was filed by the appellee to redeem —as from a mortgage—from a quit-claim deed, executed by the appellee to the appellant, September 4, 1877, as further security for the same debt, after a note and trust deed upon the same premises, given by the appellee to the appellant, January 20,-1877, for $460, payable in four months thereafter, with interest at ten per cent per annum.

The decree gives relief upon the assumption that the deed was further security for the debt secured by the trust deed, but that the appellee was deceived by the appellant so that the appellee gave the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morgan v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
  2. Union Mutual Life Insurance v. KirchoffIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Kirchoff v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889

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