Comstock v. Gage
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaey, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought in the name of David A. Gage, for the use of the city of Chicago, upon a bond to said Gage in the penal sum of $500,000, signed by Ira Holmes, Charles Comstock, James Kelley, J. A. Holmes, W. A. Butters, and William M. Tilden, who were all directors, and Ira Holmes also president, of the Manufacturers’ ¡National Bank of Chicago, and by one other person—Samuel…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaey, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought in the name of David A. Gage, for the use of the city of Chicago, upon a bond to said Gage in the penal sum of $500,000, signed by Ira Holmes, Charles Comstock, James Kelley, J. A. Holmes, W. A. Butters, and William M. Tilden, who were all directors, and Ira Holmes also president, of the Manufacturers’ ¡National Bank of Chicago, and by one other person—Samuel J. Walker. The date of the bond was January 9, 1872, and its condition as follows: “ The condition of this obligation is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The first point made by the appellants is, that there ivas no delivery of the bond. The only two material witnesses upon the trial were the defendant Ira Holmes, the president of the bank as well as a director, and Gage. William H. Adams was one of the directors of the bank, and the bond is signed by all the directors except Adams.
The testimony of Holmes is, that Gage required a bond to secure his deposit with the bank, and he, Holmes, said that he would give the names of all the directors of the bank and Samuel J. Walker, and Gage said that would be entirely satisfactory, and witness then…
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