Legal Opinion · Dissent

Walker v. Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 19, 1916No. Gen. No. 20,926Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1914.

1DissentJustice Goodwin

As I am unable to concur in the conclusions reached by the majority of the court, it seems desirable that I should set out the reasons which have compelled me to dissent.

The main facts necessary to an understanding of the questions involved in this case, briefly stated, are as follows: Appellee and his brother, Samuel J. Walker, executed a promissory note dated February 19, 1870, for $40,000, payable three years after date to the order of Albert Price, with interest at eight per cent, per annum and ten per cent, after due, secured by a trust deed executed by the parties to the note; appellee…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bush v. StanleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Shippey v. HendersonNew York Supreme Court · 1817
  3. Farmers & Mechanics v. FlintSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
  4. Coggeshall v. RugglesIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Classen v. SchœnemannIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

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