Wood v. Child
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an action commenced on the chancery side of the Rock Island Circuit Court, by Timothy Wood and J. G. Salisbury, against Orlando Child and Ezra M. Beardsley, to obtain an injunction against the above named respondents. The complainants presented their bill to the judge of the court below in July, 1857, at chambers, and a preliminary hearing was granted, when the said judge ordered that a writ of injunction issue, according to the prayer in the bill.
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This is an action commenced on the chancery side of the Rock Island Circuit Court, by Timothy Wood and J. G. Salisbury, against Orlando Child and Ezra M. Beardsley, to obtain an injunction against the above named respondents. The complainants presented their bill to the judge of the court below in July, 1857, at chambers, and a preliminary hearing was granted, when the said judge ordered that a writ of injunction issue, according to the prayer in the bill. Said writ was duly issued, returnable to the September term thereof. The complainants in the court below, in their bill of complaint, set…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
The complainants, in their bill, set forth substantially that, in October, 1856, they executed and delivered to one of the respondents (Child) five promissory notes; that said, notes were given for sums of money varying in amount from $480 to $700, and that said notes were made payable as follows, to wit:
One on the 19th day of February, 1857; one on the 19th day of February, 1858; one on the 19th day of February, 1859 ; one the 19th day of February, I860; one on the 19th day of February, 1861.
The bill further sets forth that the complainants, at the same time and place, executed and delivered…
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