Legal Opinion
Bross v. Cairo & Vincennes Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 6, 1881PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Wall, J. This
was an action of assumpsit by appellee against appellant upon an instrument in writing in the words and figures following :
“ Cairo, III., Dec. 18, 1867.
“ For value received, I promise to pay to the order of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad Company the sum of two hundred dollars; this note to become due and payable when the track of said railroad shall be laid from Cairo through Pulaski county, and cars shall have run thereon. F. Bross.”
The declaration contained two special counts and the common money counts. The first special count set out the said instrument in haec verba, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- City of Pekin v. BreretonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Stone v. Fairbury, Pontiac & Northwestern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Great Western Insurance v. ReesIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Cairo & Vincennes Railroad v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
3Cited by3 opinions
- Harman v. HarmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1895
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