Smith v. Billings
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First Dis-, trict;—heard 'in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
Appellee filed his bill to foreclose a mortgage given by appellant to secure his three promissory notes given for borrowed money. Appellant by his answer and cross-bill claimed the right to set off against the mortgage debt certain alleged demands of his against the complainant, some of a legal and others of an equitable nature, for the recovery of which he then had pending two chancery suits and one action at law. Exceptions to the answer and a demurrer to the cross-bill were sustained', and upon the report of the master a decree was entered for the full amount of the principal and interest…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Raleigh v. RaleighIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
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