Dunlap v. Hopkins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant in error, being the plaintiff below, sued to recover from the defendant below the sum of $6,700, and interest thereon, being the amount of a promissory note dated April 14, 1893, executed to the plaintiff by her father, George L. Dunlap, the action being founded upon the undertaking of the defendant, Emma Blanche Dunlap, to guaranty the payment of…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant in error, being the plaintiff below, sued to recover from the defendant below the sum of $6,700, and interest thereon, being the amount of a promissory note dated April 14, 1893, executed to the plaintiff by her father, George L. Dunlap, the action being founded upon the undertaking of the defendant, Emma Blanche Dunlap, to guaranty the payment of the note. There were many pleas filed, only one of which is relied upon as a defense to the undertaking, which is-that…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, District Judge
Upon a careful review of the record and findings in the case, we are satisfied that there is no error for which the judgment can be reversed. The conclusions of law are fully supported by tbe findings of fact, and the findings of fact by the testimony. There were a great many assignments of error, only two or three of which have been relied upon by counsel in the argument of the case. It is contended that the court erred in admitting in evidence ihe letter of the defendant, Mrs. Dunlap, to the plaintiff, dated November 17, 1893. This letter was clearly competent as containing the written…
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