Oulvey v. Little

Mary C. Burke prosecutes her writ of error, seeking a reversal of a judgment or decree entered in the City Court of East St. Louis, foreclosing a certain mortgage held by the defendant in error, Eugene Oulvey, upon premises upon which plaintiff in error also held a mortgage.

The decree of the Chancellor defaulted plaintiff in error, and gave the Oulvey mortgage a preference over the mortgage held by her, which finding and decree plaintiff in error insists is erroneous. The ground relied upon for a reversal of said decree is that the trial court was without jurisdiction, so far as the rights…