Pearce v. Rice
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The case was stated by the court as follows: This case involves the conflicting claims of the appellant and the appellee to the balance due upon a judgment in favor of Huntington W. Jackson, receiver of the Third National Bank of Chicago, and to two promissory notes in his or its hands.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The case was stated by the court as follows: This case involves the conflicting claims of the appellant and the appellee to the balance due upon a judgment in favor of Huntington W. Jackson, receiver of the Third National Bank of Chicago, and to two promissory notes in his or its hands. The history of that judgment, and the circumstances under which the bank got possession of the notes are as follows: . Hooker & Co., June 29, 1876, rendered to Ira Foote an account for $22,165.72, which the latter settled…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
Hoes the bank’s judgmefit against Foote preclude inquiry, in this suit, between the respective assignees of Foote and of Hooker & Co., as to whether the original claim of that firm against Foote, and Foote’s transfer of the Couch notes to it with guaranty of payment, were void under the laws of Illinois?
The statute of Illinois referred to — being the part of the Criminal Code of that State, relating to “ Gambling and Gambling Contracts ” —provides:
Sec. 130. Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy, at a future time, any grain or other commodity, stock…
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