Legal Opinion

Keith v. Mafit

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1865PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Kankakee County; the Hon. Charles R. Starr, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker

This was an action of assumpsit, on a promissory note. The declaration contained a special count and the common counts. Defendant helow.filed the general issue and a special plea, in the latter of which it was averred that defendant purchased a farm of plaintiff and paid the larger portion of the price in money and property, and gave the note in suit for the remainder. That at the time it was given, plaintiff alleged that there were fifty acres of rye, two thousand feet of lumber, thirty cords of wood, twenty stands of bees, and one bee house, on the place, which were included in the sale for…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. KingIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Dairyman's State Bank v. DunhamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1933
  3. Dickinson v. Citizens National Bank of Franklin, IndianaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
  4. Columbia Heating Co. v. O'HalloranAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908

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