Alexander County Savings Bank v. Murray
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Thomas E. Fobd, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barry
Appellant filed a claim against the estate of John B. Diepenbrock in the county court for the sum of $3,267.77, which was based on the indorsement of the testator on a $2,000 note payable to him dated November 13, 1903, due one year after date and executed by J. A. Cheney and Alice Cheney. The note bore the indorsement by appellant’s cashier, “Interest paid to April 4, 1911.”
The statute of limitations was relied upon as a defense and that it was not sufficient for appellant to show that the indorsement of interest was made by its cashier. A jury was waived and the court found the issues for…
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