Legal Opinion

Layman v. Detharding

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 2, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Appeal from the County Court of Franklin County; the Hon. W. H. Hart, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1902.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Bigelow

delivered the opinion of the court.

The suit in which this appeal was taken was brought by Jane Fitts in her lifetime against appellant in a justice’s court of Franklin county, to recover upon a promissory note executed by appellant to deceased.

The amount of the claim indorsed on the summons was $115. Judgment was rendered in that court against appellant for $114.95 and costs. On the docket of the justice appears the following: “ For value received I hereby assign the above judgment to A. C. Terhune.” Signed “Jane Fitts, by O. S. Shinn, her agent.”

In the meantime,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Edwards v. DulingIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Meserve v. DelaneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Welch v. KarstensIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Garrity v. BashIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Meserve v. DelaneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Krumser v. Meeker-Magner Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1920

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