Beach v. Bestor
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed in the court below by the defendant in error, as a judgment creditor of one Richard P. Morgan, against the plaintiffs in error, Dennis Beach, Peter W. Beckham and Ezra M. Prince, to enforce the satisfaction of his judgment out of certain funds in the hands of plaintiffs in error, alleged to have been received by them in trust for the payment…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a hill in chancery, filed in the court below by the defendant in error, as a judgment creditor of one Richard P. Morgan, against the plaintiffs in error, Dennis Beach, Peter W. Beckham and Ezra M. Prince, to enforce the satisfaction of his judgment out of certain funds in the hands of plaintiffs in error, alleged to have been received by them in trust for the payment of this, together with other claims, by reason of an assignment made by Morgan to Peckham.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears, that George C. Bestor recovered a judgment in the Peoria Circuit Court, at the May Term, 1857, against Richard P. Morgan on a promissory note for $1,664. The note recites that it was given “ for two second mortgage bonds of the Peoria and Oquawka Eailroad company.” It appears that Morgan held a claim on the Peoria and Oquawka Eailroad company, upon which he had brought suit in the United States Circuit Court; that, pending the action, he assigned the claim to Peter W. Peckham, who agreed to prosecute it to a recovery and at the same time transferred to him various claims. Peck-ham…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Greenway v. ThomasIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Beach v. BestorIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
- Turner Bros. v. Alabama Mining & Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1887
- Binnie v. WalkerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887