Livingston National Bank v. Miller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This is an action in assumpsit on a promissory note dated March 23, 1905, for $500 and interest,- brought by the Livingston County National Bank, as assignee before maturity, against M. L. Miller as maker, and H. B. McGregor as indorser. The defendant Miller filed pleas alleging in various forms that the consideration for the note was money lost in illegal speculation and gambling on the market price of grain, options to buy and sell grain at a future time, puis and calls, margins for differences, etc. There was a traverse of the special pleas. McGregor pleaded only the general issue. On the…
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