CHRYSLER CREDIT CORP. v. LOUIS JOLIET BANK & TRUST

No. 87-2520.

863 F.2d 534 (1988)

CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUIS JOLIET BANK AND TRUST CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice J. McCarthy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven H. Hoeft, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Louis Joliet Bank and Trust Company and Chrysler Credit Corporation each held a security interest in the beneficial interest in an Illinois land trust. When the debtor defaulted on his obligations to the bank, the bank foreclosed its senior security interest. Chrysler brought a diversity suit in the district court for declaratory judgment, claiming that the parties' actions, as well as the doctrine of merger, had terminated the land trust and...

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