Case Name: Edward Kramer v. Joseph Imhoff
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1889-06-14
Citations: 33 Ill. App. 250
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward Kramer v. Joseph Imhoff.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 250–251

Head Matter:
Edward Kramer v. Joseph Imhoff.
Chattel Mortgages—Foreclosure—Injunctions—Removal of Property by Mortgagee—Evidence.
This court declines to interfere with a decree of foreclosure of a chattel mortgage, and holds that the property alleged to have been taken away by the mortgagee was not identified with the property named therein; that at the time of such taking, the mortgagor acknowledged that the same was not covered by the mortgage, and that by arrangement with the mortgagee and on his credit other property of like description was procured by the mortgagor to take its place.
[Opinion filed June 14, 1889.]
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lorin C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
Mr. Charles A. Fanning, for appellant.
Mr. James Lane Allen, for appellee.

Opinion:
Gart, J.
The appellant filed his bill to enjoin the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage, upon the alleged ground that the mortgagee had caused a large part of the mortgaged property to be taken away from the mortgagor, and refused to account for the value thereof.
The appellee answered denying, and filed his cross-bill for a foreclosure. The decree was in favor of the appellee for all he asked. There is no principle of law or equity involved in the case; nothing but questions of fact; and a recital of the evidence, with comments upon it, would be of no use to anybody. It is enough to say, that of the property said to have been taken away, there is no identification of any specific articles with the property described in the mortgage, and that at the time it was taken, the appellant seems to have acquiesced in the claim that it was not part of the mortgaged property, and by arrangements with the appellee, the appellant supplied its place, it being furniture of some rooms—by procuring other furniture upon the credit of the appellee. The decree must be affirmed.
Decree affirmed.