Ryan v. May
Illinois Supreme Court
The opinion contains a full statement of the case. The cause was heard before Harlan, Judge, at September term, 1852, of the Lawrence Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
This action was brought upon a note payable to the bank, by Ryan, surviving assignee of the bank, in whom the legal title was vested by the assignment and several acts of the legislature. The defendant filed a plea in abatement, which states in substance, that Ryan was not the assignee of the bank, and had no legal interest in the note sued on, because he with others had, by a certain deed of indenture, conveyed and transferred the note to William Thomas. To this plea a replication was filed, averring that Ryan did not by indorsement on the note'assign it to Thomas, so as to vest the legal…
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