Jaques v. Ballard
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Russell P, Goodwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1908.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Adams
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only question in this case is, whether an executrix to whom a promissory note, payable to the order of her testator, has been, bequeathed, and which was not indorsed by the testator in his lifetime, nor by the executrix in her representative capacity, as executrix, can, after her final account as executrix has been approved, and she discharged as executrix, maintain an action at law on the note in her indixddual name.
Counsel for appellant, in support of the proposition that appellant may maintain her suit, relies solely on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Ryan v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
- McLean County Coal Co. v. LongIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Packer v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Chickering v. RaymondIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
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- McGill v. LazzaroAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980