Bayor v. American Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;- — -heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding. The firm of Herman Schaffner & Co. was engaged in the banking business in Chicago for a considerable period, and on June 3, 1893, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors to the American Trust and Savings Bank, the appellee herein.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;- — -heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Scales, Judge, presiding. The firm of Herman Schaffner & Co. was engaged in the banking business in Chicago for a considerable period, and on June 3, 1893, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors to the American Trust and Savings Bank, the appellee herein. At the time the assignment was made, Susan M. Bayor, the aj>pellant, was the holder of a certain certificate of deposit issued to her by said banking firm, of which the following is a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
We are satisfied that Schaffner did not agree to - put the §2700 away in a separate package, and that John M. Bayor made no request that he should do so. In our opinion the statements of the husband of appellant and of the witness Scott are unworthy of belief, and that in no event could a decree of court safely be based on them. Waiving all questions of contradictions and inconsistencies in the stories that they tell, the theory of fact upon which appellant’s contention is founded, is, when considered in the light of the surrounding circumstances, wholly improbable and unreasonable. If Bayor…
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