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31 Ill. 82

Troutman v. Schæffer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1863

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1863-04-15

Weit of Eeeob to the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. David Davis, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery to foreclose a mortgage upon the south half of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-eight, Township 26 north, of Range 4 west of the third principal meridian. A decree was entered, directing the sale of the south half of the south-east quarter of the same section.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 1945

2 state decisions

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Decided 1863-04-15

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Mr. Chief Justioe CatoN

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2A single word will dispose of this case. The decree is for a foreclosure of the mortgage upon premises not mentioned in the mortgage. This is probably a clerical mistake, but the error is none the less fatal.

¶3The decree is reversed, and the suit remanded.

¶4Decree reversed.

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