Governor ex rel. Thomas v. Lagow
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbeesb
This was an action of debt, originally brought in the Crawford Circuit Court, and by change of venue taken to Edgar county, on a bond executed by Ebenezer Z. Ryan as principal, and Wilson Lagow, deceased, security, to the governor of the State, in the penalty of fifty thousand dollars, and dated March 27, 1845.
The condition of the bond recites that Ryan, by an act of the legislature, entitled “ an act supplemental to an act to reduce the public debt one million of dollars, and to put the Bank of Illinois into liquidation,” had been appointed one of the assignees to close the business of that…
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