Legal Opinion

Ryan v. First National Bank

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1894PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Jas. A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

This is an action of assumpsit, by appellee, against appellants, begun in the circuit court of Sangamon county. It has been tried three times in that court, and as often heard in the Appellate Court for the Third District. The last judgment of the circuit court was for plaintiff, for the amount of the note sued on, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.

On August 30, 1884, appellants J. F. Ryan and W. J. Riley contracted with one P. P. O’Donnell for the purchase of certain chattel property, agreeing to pay him therefor $4200. They executed their promissory note of that date for that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Herring v. WoodhullIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  2. Derby v. ThrallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
  3. Duker v. FranzCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1870
  4. Hervey v. HarveySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1839
  5. Boxberger v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. HowarthIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  2. First Nat. Bank v. WeidenbeckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  3. Merritt v. DeweyIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Cook v. MoultonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. McClure v. LittleUtah Supreme Court · 1897

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