{ "id": 4957350, "name": "Edward Payette et al. v. Free Home Building, Loan and Homestead Association", "name_abbreviation": "Payette v. Free Home Building, Loan & Homestead Ass'n", "decision_date": "1888-09-19", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "307", "last_page": "309", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "27 Ill. App. 307" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "26 Ill. App. 609", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill. App.", "case_ids": [ 4942457 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill-app/26/0609-01" ] }, { "cite": "113 Ill. 618", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2865780 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/113/0618-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 266, "char_count": 4224, "ocr_confidence": 0.488, "pagerank": { "raw": 6.518380292543692e-08, "percentile": 0.40049883217129645 }, "sha256": "75da77999a75229fae1163fb855edf413d81ae4ee83f8fce5a28509056c7115b", "simhash": "1:891bad97a419c43b", "word_count": 721 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T20:38:40.638408+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "Edward Payette et al. v. Free Home Building, Loan and Homestead Association." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Moran, P. J.\nThe decree appealed from in this case was entered on a bill filed by defendant in error against plaintiff in error to foreclose a certain trust deed which was executed by-Edward Payette and wife to Patrick \"W\". Holway as trustee, to secure the payment of an indebtedness of $1,300 from said Payette to the said defendant in error.\nThe loan was made under the terms usual with said Loan and Building Association, and was payable in monthly installments, and the borrower became, under the rules of the association, a stockholder therein. It is sought to defend against the right of defendant in error to a decree of foreclosure, on the ground that the association did not comply-with the provision of the law regarding the organization of such associations, and that therefore it never became a corporation under the law, and can not transact business or have a standing in court as such.\nIt appears that there was an attempt to organize the association made in good faith under a law of this State authorizing the organization of such associations, and that the association has done business as a corporation, and that plaintiff in error contracted with the association as a corporation de facto, and received the money which, by his contract with the association, he agreed to repay, from the said association. Under such circumstances he will not be allowed to suggest a defect in the organization in order to prevent the recovery of the money loaned to him. While under the rules of the association he became a stockholder, yet the suit is not brought to recover for his shares of stock, but to recover for money advanced to him. Hence he does not come under the exception to the general rule which allows a stockholder, when sued for Ips stock subscription, to question the legal existence of a corporation. Hudson v. Green Hill Seminary, 113 Ill. 618.\nThe association was entitled to a decree of foreclosure for the money loaned and the interest thereon according to the terms of the agreement executed by Payette, but not to a decree including attorney\u2019s fees; and the decree having allowed attorney\u2019s fees against plaintiffs in error, must therefore be reversed.\nThe trust deel which is being foreclosed authorized the payment of attorney\u2019s fees in case a bill was filed by the trustee, in his own name or otherwise, to obtain a decree for the sale of the premises conveyed in the trust deed. This bill is not filed by the trustee, but by the cestu\u00f1 que trust j hence the agreement to pay attorney\u2019s fees does not apply in favor of the complainant. Stipulations in trust deeds or mortgages to pay attorney\u2019s fees are always strictly construed, and are never enforced except under the terms of the agreement they are clearly provided for.\nSee the opinion of this court by Mr. Justice Bailey, Cheltenham Beach Improvement Company v. Whitehead, 26 Ill. App. 609, where this question is fully considered, on a stipulation similar to the one contained in this trust deed.\nFor the allowance of the \u00a7130 attorney\u2019s fee the decree will he reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to the Circuit Court to enter a decree conforming to this opinion.\nJReversed and remanded..", "type": "majority", "author": "Moran, P. J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Messrs. Henry Hudson and Young & Marret,, for plaintiffs in error.", "Mr. Oliver H. Goldsmith, for defendants in error." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Edward Payette et al. v. Free Home Building, Loan and Homestead Association.\nTrust Deed \u2014 Foreclosure\u2014Building Association \u2014 Defective Organization \u2014 Estoppel\u2014Attorney's Fees\u00bb\n1. Where there has been an attempt made in good faith to organize a loan and building association under the laws of this State, and the association has done business as a corporation, one who has borrowed money from, it as a corporation defacto, can not setup its defective organization by way of defense to a bill for the foreclosure of a trust deed given to secure the p \u00edyment of the money borrowed.\n2. A provision in a trust deed authorizing the payment of attorney\u2019s fees in case of a foreclosure by the trustee, does not sustain a decree including attorney\u2019s fees upon a bill filed by the cestui que trust,\n[Opinion filed September 19, 1888.]\nIn error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tulby, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. Henry Hudson and Young & Marret,, for plaintiffs in error.\nMr. Oliver H. Goldsmith, for defendants in error." }, "file_name": "0307-01", "first_page_order": 303, "last_page_order": 305 }