Crahe v. Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Leo J. Doyle, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
In 1915, appellant, Olga A. Crahe, obtained a judgment against the Chicago Surface Lines for $1000. Her attorney in this litigation was J. Marion Miller. He settled the judgment for $750 and costs and took in payment of the same a check for $761.85. The check named the client and her attorney as joint payees in the following language: . “Pay to the order of Olga A. Crahe, judgment creditor, and order of J. Marion Miller, attorney for judgment creditor.” Appellant signed a receipt dated June 5, 1915, showing receipt of $761.85 in full settlement of this judgment, and also signed an undated…
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