Mason v. Dousay
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Grant Goodrich, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by William Dousay against Eichard Mason, as acceptor of the following bill of exchange: §128.65. Masonville, 14th May, 1861. E. Mason, Esq.: Please pay to William Dousay, one hundred and twenty-eight y5-- dollars, and charge to account of Chicago, Ih. NATHAN D. INMAN.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Grant Goodrich, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by William Dousay against Eichard Mason, as acceptor of the following bill of exchange: §128.65. Masonville, 14th May, 1861. E. Mason, Esq.: Please pay to William Dousay, one hundred and twenty-eight y5-- dollars, and charge to account of Chicago, Ih. NATHAN D. INMAN. It is aHeged in the declaration that the said Inman, at Masonville, in the county of Delta, in the State of Michigan, made the bill of exchange, which was drawn upon the defendant at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit in the Superior Court of Chicago, by Dousay against Mason, as acceptor of a bill of exchange, as follows:
<£ $128.05. Masonvtlle, 14th May, 1861.
“ E. Mason, Esq.: Please pay to William Dousay one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, and charge to account of
“ Chicago, 111. NATHAN D. INMAN.”
The case turns upon the question whether the proof establishes a valid acceptance of this draft.
The appellant insists, as the bill was drawn by a resident of Michigan, in favor of a Michigan payee, on a person who had a mill and store and office there, and where he spent a portion…
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