Legal Opinion

State Bank v. Barnett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1911PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

Appellee, the State Bank of Clinton, on September 30, 1907, filed its creditor’s bill in the" circuit court of DeWitt county against Sylvia Barnett, the appellant here, Lucy J. Barnett, and others, alleging that on December 30, 1902, Lucy J. Barnett and W. A. Barnett, her husband, (now deceased,) executed and delivered to the appellee their two promissory notes for the sums of $1000 and $1394.89, respectively, to each of which notes was attached a power of attorney authorizing the confession of judgment thereon; that at the time of his death W. A. Barnett held a benefit certificate in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Moritz v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Baker v. RockabrandIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Dimond v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Merrell v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Addison Insurance v. FayIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Aluminum Mills Corp. Ex Rel. Official Unsecured Creditors Committee v. Citicorp North America, Inc. (In Re Aluminum Mills Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
  3. Mills v. SusankaIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  4. People v. MorganIllinois Supreme Court · 2025
  5. Till v. TillAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967

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