Appellate Court of Illinois, 1902

Stark v. Crismore

Stark v. Crismore
Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided February 21, 1902 · Wateeman
100 Ill. App. 392; 1902 Ill. App. LEXIS 728

Stark v. Crismore

Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice Wateeman

delivered the opinion of the court.

It not having been shown upon the hearing that the Western State Bank had any mortgage upon the premises it was unnecessary to make, in the decree, any mention thereof, or to find separately the value of the ground and the improvements, and apportion its and the complainants’ lien. The abstract shows mention in the bill of a mortgage, only by the allegation that certain parties “ have or claim interest in the premises; ” this is not sufficient to, with the answer setting up a claim by way of mortgage, dispense with proof thereof.

It may be that the plaintiff in error Stark should have been allowed damages for delay, or for defective material, or because certain doors were not by one-fourth of an inch as thick as the specifications demanded, but the evidence is not such that we ought to overturn the decree of the court in this regard and it is affirmed.

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