Yeomans v. Lane
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Statement.—December 21, 1897, the appellee executed a promissory note for the sum of $1,500, payable to the order of William A. Bowles, ninety days after date, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum.
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Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Statement.—December 21, 1897, the appellee executed a promissory note for the sum of $1,500, payable to the order of William A. Bowles, ninety days after date, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum. Immediately following the note, on the same paper, and preceding the signature of appellee, is a warrant of attorney authorizing the confession of judgment any time after date, including $200 attorney’s fees. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
There is no evidence sufficient to sustain the claim of appellee that there was any fraud or circumvention used to induce her to sign the note, or that Bowles or Myers made any representation to her that the note was other than a judgment note.
Appellee is a lawyer and can read, and she testified that the note was before her for five minutes before she signed it, but that nothing was said about a judgment note. The judgment note having been placed before her for examination, she being able to read, and having had about five minutes in which to read it, and nothing having been said, either by.…
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