Frink v. Ryan
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard at the October term, 1841, of the Cook Circuit Court, before the Hon. Theophilus W. Smith and a jury. The defendants appealed to this Court. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, Justice
This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the Cook Circuit Court, by Ryan, the appellee, as the assignee of Noah Dodge, against Frink, Bingham, and Laflin, the appellants, to recover the amount of a promissory note, as follows :
“ $1500.
' “ Four months after date, we jointly and severally, the first two
as principals, and the last as security, promise to pay to Noah Dodge, or order, fifteen hundred dollars, with interest at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, for value received, subject, however, to such deduction (if any), in part or entire payment hereof, of such sum or sums of…
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