Legal Opinion

Campbell v. DeClerque

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 8, 1907No. Gen. No. 4,859Published

Contested claim in court of probate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria .county; the Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Willis

delivered the opinion of the court.

Eliza DeClerque held six promissory notes, upon the back of which appeared the name of Charles H. Powell. If nothing had intervened to arrest the ten years ’ Statute of Limitations, the note -first maturing would have been barred on January 8, 1903,, and the last one maturing would have been barred on July 3, 1903. Charles H. Powell died on August 12, 1902. George W. Campbell qualified as his administrator in the Probate Court of Peoria county, December 31, 1902. On March 16,1903, Eliza DeClerque. filed in said court a claim…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stowell v. RaymondIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. DeClerque v. CampbellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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