Warnock v. Fleming
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles A. Williams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff brought suit on a bank check drawn by defendant to the order of and delivered to plaintiff. Upon trial plaintiff offered proof of the loss of the original check, with secondary evidence thereof. He had judgment for $6,658.75. Defendant, appealing, says that there was not sufficient proof upon the trial that the original check had been lost.
The check was drawn in Tampico, Mexico, and plaintiff proved that the check was given to the judge in the Court of First Instance in Tampico, Mexico; that he had never indorsed the…
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