Montelius v. Charles
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John H. Charles, against Charles Montelius and John A. Montelius, upon a draft for $291. The facts of the case will appear in the opinion, except that the following is a copy of the notary’s protest and certificate: “State of Illinois, County of Cook, City of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John H. Charles, against Charles Montelius and John A. Montelius, upon a draft for $291. The facts of the case will appear in the opinion, except that the following is a copy of the notary’s protest and certificate: “State of Illinois, County of Cook, City of Chicago. Be it known, that, on this 13th day of October, A. D. 1873, I, Joseph M. Bowman, a notary public, duly commissioned and sworn, and residing in the city of Chicago, in said county and State, at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This action was upon an inland bill of exchange, in the name of a remote assignee, against the drawers. One important question is, whether the holders had been guilty of such laches before presenting it to the drawee for payment, as would bar a recovery against the drawers.. Defendants were engaged in the banking business at Piper City, in this State. On the 8th day of September, 1873, on the application of James McBride, they drew their draft on .the Franklin Bank of Chicago, payable at sight, to the order of John Strank, who then resided at Canton, in Dakotah. It .was, on the same day,…
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