Legal Opinion

Wylie v. Dickenson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 27, 1893PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Memorandum.—Assumpsit on a promissory note. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893, and affirmed.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court,

Gary, J.

This was a suit upon a promissory note in which the defendant (plaintiff in error) pleaded no consideration. The evidence is such that the finding of the court, trying the cause "without a jury, can not be disturbed.

One Dodd borrowed the money for which the note was given, from Dickenson, for six months or a year, as Dodd might prefer, but as the evidence indicated upon condition that Dodd should give a note for it with a surety, and Wylie’s name was mentioned as that of a satisfactory surety.

Some few days after the loan was made, Dickenson urged Dodd to bring a…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commercial State Bank v. FolkertsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  2. Greenfield v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933

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