Opinion

Levy v. Broadway-Carmen Building Corp.

  • 366 Ill. 279
  • 8 N.E.2d 671
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Filed
Apr 16, 1937
Status
Published
Author
Orr
On the bench
Farthing, Herrick, Orr, Stone, Shaw
Cited by
55 cases
Authority
More cited than 38.5%

It was the legislature's intention that mortgage "foreclosure sales be made only upon such terms and conditions as were approved by the courts.”

How later courts described this case

  • It was the legislature's intention that mortgage "foreclosure sales be made only upon such terms and conditions as were approved by the courts.”
  • With regard to mortgage foreclosure sales, “[sjales by masters are not sales in a legal sense[ J until they are confirmed.”
  • upholding an upset price using the “grossly inadequate” standard
  • adopting these standards for Illinois practice

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Mr. Justice Orr,

also dissenting:

I disagree with that portion of the opinion holding that a court of chancery, in a foreclosure case, has inherent power to fix an upset price to be bid at the sale. In my opinion, this court should adhere to the contrary rule laid down in Chicago Title and Trust Co. v. Robin, 361 Ill. 261 .

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