Northern Trust Co. v. Parker

Appellate Court of Illinois

Northern Trust Co. v. Parker

205 Ill. App. 450

CourtAppellate Court of Illinois

DecidedMay 1, 1917

DocketGen. No. 22,366

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Northern Trust Co. v. Parker, 205 Ill. App. 450 (Ill. Ct. App. 1917).

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Mr.. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Evidence, § 475*—what does not constitute a preponderance of evidence. A party holding the affirmative of a proposition is required to maintain it by a preponderance of the evidence, which can never be the case when one of two parties, both equally credible, makes an assertion which is denied by the other. 3. Costs, § 20*—when taxation against defendant is improper on cross-bill by other parties. Where, on a bill to foreclose a trust deed, it appeared that four of the notes secured had been paid, that the deed provided that upon payment of any one of the notes the trustee might release a lot, that accordingly four lots were released, two of which the defendant sold, and such release was pleaded in the answer, and a cross-bill was filed by the owners of such lots, upon which an issue was formed and decided against the complainant, and that defendant in the original bill was taxed with the entire master’s fee, which included the testimony on the issues formed on the cross-bill, held that the taxation of the costs on the cross-bill was improper. 4. Costs, § 20*—when defendant not liable for on cross-bill. Where a trust deed provides for solicitor’s fees incurred in any suit or proceeding in connection with the foreclosure to which the holder of the notes might be a party, the unsuccessful defendant is not liable for solicitor’s fees for defending a cross-bill by other persons to which defendant is not a party.

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Mr.. Presiding Justice Barnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Evidence, § 475*—what does not constitute a preponderance of evidence. A party holding the affirmative of a proposition is required to maintain it by a preponderance of the evidence, which can never be the case when one of two parties, both equally credible, makes an assertion which is denied by the other. 3. Costs, § 20*—when taxation against defendant is improper on cross-bill by other parties. Where, on a bill to foreclose a trust deed, it appeared that four of the notes secured had been paid, that the deed provided that upon payment of any one of the notes the trustee might release a lot, that accordingly four lots were released, two of which the defendant sold, and such release was pleaded in the answer, and a cross-bill was filed by the owners of such lots, upon which an issue was formed and decided against the complainant, and that defendant in the original bill was taxed with the entire master’s fee, which included the testimony on the issues formed on the cross-bill, held that the taxation of the costs on the cross-bill was improper. 4. Costs, § 20*—when defendant not liable for on cross-bill. Where a trust deed provides for solicitor’s fees incurred in any suit or proceeding in connection with the foreclosure to which the holder of the notes might be a party, the unsuccessful defendant is not liable for solicitor’s fees for defending a cross-bill by other persons to which defendant is not a party.

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