Dunbar v. Armstrong
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Richard M. Skinner, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is an action of assumpsit on a promissory note given on the first day of August, 1902, for $664.47, due three months from date with six per cent interest. The note was made payable to the Updike Commission Co. and by it endorsed to the defendant in error. The plaintiff in error pleaded the general issue with notice that the note ivas given for -money lost at gaming, and that it was void under the statute relating to gambling contracts; that said note was given for settlement of differences or margins in the price of grain dealt in on the Chicago Board of Trade, with the Updike Commission…
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