Keyes v. Bennett
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. C. H. Donnelly, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
This was an action of debt brought by Henry Keyes, sheriff of McHenry county, for the use of Louise Calbow, against Henry Henk, Sr., upon a bail bond given in a certain action brought by Louise Calbow against one C. Dudley Chewning. Said Henk died, and his administrator, F. B. Bennett, was substituted as party defendant.
The appellee pleaded that the said Chewning had, prior to the institution of the action, obtained his discharge as a bankrupt in the United States District Court; that the judgment which the bail bond was given to secure was provable against the bankrupt and was proven and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Masterson v. HathawayIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Mather v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
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