Legal Opinion
Siegel, Cooper & Co. v. Chicago Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1890PublishedCited by 32 opinions
"Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Rollin 8. Williamson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope
This was an action of assumpsit, by appellee, against appellants, upon the following instrument:
"$300. . Chicago, March 5, 1887.
“On July 1, 1887, we promise to pay D. Dalziel, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars, for the privilege of one framed advertising sign, size_x_inches, one end of each of one hundred and fifty-nine street cars of the North Chicago City Railway Co., for a term of three months, from May 15, 1887. Siegel, Cooper & Co.”
—Which was indorsed by Dalziel, the payee, to appellee, for value, on the day of its execution.
The first question presented is, is this instrument…
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