Legal Opinion

Auerbach v. Arguelles

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 9, 1899PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Attachment.—Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Error.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears

It is difficult to see how the jury could have reached any different verdict. There is a color of fraud in the transaction. The jury must have found from the evidence that Auerbach admitted that the Blumlein note was not evidence of a bona fide indebtedness. To have found otherwise upon the equivocal testimony of Auerbach would have been to find against the manifest weight of the evidence. Auerbach alone appears in this cause as claiming under the Blumlein note. Bio one claiming title through the sale, upon foreclosure of the mortgage securing that note, intervenes. Auerbach admitted, in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Consolidated Coal Co. v. ScheiberIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Griffin v. LarnedIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Lambert v. BordenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1882
  4. Pittsburgh, Ft. W. & C. Ry. Co. v. CallaghanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
  5. Hawkins v. AlbrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Illinois Steel Co. v. OstrowskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  2. Seal Lock Co. v. Chicago Manufacturing & Optical Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  3. Holcomb v. LinnAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912

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