Finley v. Steele
Illinois Supreme Court
Jesse Steele sued Joel K. Finley and William Finley on a note given by the said Joel K. Finley, and William Finley, as security, to Sarah Hamilton, and indorsed in blank by Sarah Hamilton, and delivered to the said Jesse Steele, after the same became due.
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Jesse Steele sued Joel K. Finley and William Finley on a note given by the said Joel K. Finley, and William Finley, as security, to Sarah Hamilton, and indorsed in blank by Sarah Hamilton, and delivered to the said Jesse Steele, after the same became due. Plaintiff filed his declaration at the August term of the Marion Circuit Court, 1858, on the following note: “ One year after date, for value received, I promise to pay Sarah Hamilton or order, three hundred dollars, at ten per cent, interest per annum. JOEL K. FINLEY. Salem, December 17th, A. D.' 1856. WILLIAM FINLEY.” On the back of said…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, instituted by appellee, on a note executed by appellants to Sarah Hamilton, and assigned to him. The declaration contained a special count, to which the appellants filed the general issue, and a plea as to part of the cause of action, that the note sued on was given as part of the consideration for the purchase of certain real estate described in the plea; that Sarah Hamilton executed to the appellants a deed for the same, containing a covenant, that the same was free from all incumbrances done or suffered by her. That the note sued on was assigned after its…
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