Voltz v. Harris
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant, brought to the March Term, 1865, of said court by Robert S. Harris and James M. Harris against George Voltz upon the following guaranty: “ I do hereby enter security that John Widmer will do and perform all the covenants, contracts and agreements contained in the within lease; and promise and bind myself, my heirs, executors and assigns, to pay…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant, brought to the March Term, 1865, of said court by Robert S. Harris and James M. Harris against George Voltz upon the following guaranty: “ I do hereby enter security that John Widmer will do and perform all the covenants, contracts and agreements contained in the within lease; and promise and bind myself, my heirs, executors and assigns, to pay to Robert S. Harris and James M. Harris, their heirs or assigns, all rents and damages of every kind they may sustain by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of covenant in the Jo Daviess Circuit Court, brought by James M. Harris and Bobert S. Harris against George Yoltz, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs.
The case was this: The Harrises had leased to one John Widmer certain premises in Galena, for the term of five years commencing on the first day of September, 1859, at a yearly rent of $500, payable in monthly installments of forty-one dollars and sixty-six cents, on the first day of each month. The lease was executed on the second day of September, 1859, and on the same day, on the back thereof, Voltz signed a…
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