Dean v. Smith

Mr. Presiding Justice Smith

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago against the plaintiff in error in an action in assumpsit (fourth class) brought in the First District of that court by W. F. Dean, defendant in error, against Jesse E. Smith, plaintiff in error, upon six promissory notes made by said Smith payable to said Dean. Both parties to the action were, at the time of the institution of the suit, residents of the village of La Grange, Cook county, Illinois, where the notes were made. The place of…