Root v. Merriam

This suit is based upon two promissory notes, executed and delivered by the defendant to the parties, and for the purpose hereafter to be stated. Issues wore joined, the cause was tried before a jury, and by them a special verdict was rendered, on which both parties claim they are entitled to judgment. The one note was given by the defendant to Martin & Bennett, in the city of Chicago, on the twenty-fourth of February, 1888, for the sum of $346.25, due in one year from that date. The other note was given to Thomas Bennett, at the same time and place, for the sum of S500, due in one year from…