First National Bank v. Hogg-Harris Lumber Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

By statute of this state “the assignee and equitable and bona fide owner of any chose in action not negotiable heretofore or hereafter assigned may sue thereon in his own name, * * * hot in such suit, there shall be allowed all just set-offs, discounts and defenses not only against the plaintiff, but also against the assignor or assignors before notice of such assignment shall be given to the defendant.” Section 18, chap. 110, Hurd’s Ill. Stat. In this case the plaintiff, as assignee of certain choses in action against the…