Legal Opinion
Wiley v. Deering
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 16, 1889PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the .Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Dorance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtC. B. Smith, J.
This was a suit in assumpsit by appellee against appellant upon a promissory note executed in the firm name of O. J. Wilson & Co. This firm was composed of O. J. Wilson, William Wilson and Samuel C. Wiley, appellant. This firm was organized for the purpose of carrying on a general blacksmithing and repair shop, and the capital limited to $500. The contract of partnership limited the business to this capital, and no enterprise or business was to be entered upon which involved an increase of the capital. O. J. Wilson and his son, William Wilson, were engaged in banking in the same village. The…
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- Winship v. the Bank of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Wiley v. ThompsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
- Wiley v. StewartAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
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- Meinhard, Schaul & Co. v. Bedingfield Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908