State Nat. Bank of Springfield v. Dodge

This is an action at law brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois, by John L. Dodge against the State National Bank of Springfield, Illinois, to recover a sum of money on an indebtedness alleged to have arisen under tbe circumstances set forth in the certificate of division of opinion hereinafter referred to. After issue joined, the parties filed a stipulation in writing that the cause should be tried before the court without the intervention of a jury. It was so tried before the court held by the Circuit Justice and the Circuit Judge, and, they…