Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. Black

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 17, 1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams County; the Hon. William Marsh, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtCongee, J.

This was an action for assumpsit to recover upon a promissory note of $100, and a balance upon a bank account of $1,034.02, brought by appellants against William L. Black, Samuel IT. Black and Charles C. Conner. The declaration charged that the two Blacks and Conner were partners, under the name and style of W. L. Black & Company, and as such liable for the note and bank account.

William L. Black was never served, and, so far as we can find from an inspection of the record, his appearance was not entered.

Samuel 34. Black and Conner each filed a plea in abatement denying, under oath, their…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hahn v. St. Clair Savings & InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Smith v. HulettIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Gardner v. Northwestern Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. GibbonsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1920

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