Coffman v. D. C. Campbell & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was assumpsit, in the Cook circuit court, brought by D. C. Campbell & Co., doing business as bankers, plaintiffs, and against L. T. Smith, S. Coffman and N. B. Beam, defendants, on their alleged acceptance of a certain bill of exchange for twenty-three hundred dollars, drawn upon them by one A. Harper, and on which plaintiffs advanced the money therein specified.
The facts are, briefly, these: On April 5, 1872, plaintiffs sent a telegram to defendants, as follows: “ Will you honor draft drawn by A. Harper for twenty-three hundred dollars?” On the following day, plaintiffs received from…
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