Legal Opinion

Hough v. Wells

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 19, 1899PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Mortgage Foreclosure.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County ; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard

This appeal is from a decree of sale in a mortgage foreclosure proceeding. The decree finds that there is due to the appellee, for principal and interest, $2,268.68, and for solicitor’s fees five per centum thereon, to wit, $113.43, and orders a sale of the mortgaged premises unless the amount found due be paid within fi ve days.

The only errors urged are (1), the allowance of solicitor’s fees, and (2) that the depositions of the witnesses who testified before the master are not signed, and their signatures were not waived.

The trust deed provides for the allowance of a solicitor’s fee equal to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Town v. AlexanderAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  3. Springer v. CochraneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baker v. PrebisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900

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