Pinneo v. Knox

Illinois Supreme Court
Pinneo v. Knox, 100 Ill. 471 (Ill. 1881)
Walker

Pinneo v. Knox

Opinion of the Court

Walker, J.:

In this case, in the court below, a bill was filed to foreclose a mortgage, and a decree rendered in that court, and an appeal is brought to this court. Motion is now entered to dismiss the appeal. We have frequently held that a bill to foreclose a mortgage does not involve a freehold, and that the appeal should be taken from the circuit to the Appellate Court, and not to this.

The appeal will therefore be dismissed.

Appeal dismissed«

Reference

Full Case Name
Sarah Pinneo v. Augustus F. Knox
Cited By
10 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Appeal from, a trial court to this court—bill to foreclose mortgage—freehold. A bill in chancery to foreclose a mortgage upon real estate does not involve a freehold. Therefore in such a suit an appeal does not lie directly from the trial court to this court. The appeal should be taken in the first instance to an Appellate Court.