Portis v. Illinois Surety Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hoist. William N. Gbmmlll, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch
After striking from the files a fourth amended affidavit of merits, the municipal court entered judgment by default for $506.65 against the Illinois Surety Company upon the plaintiff’s affidavit of claim. The statement of plaintiff’s claim, as filed, sets out in haec verba an appeal bond for $1,000, signed by Fannie Singer and the Surety Company. The bond recites that Jacob C. Portis recovered a judgment in the County Court of Cook County for $425 against “Bernard Sangerman, executor of the estate of Abraham Singer, deceased,” from which judgment “said Fannie Singer, successor in trust of…
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