Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Mahozki
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee County; the Hon. John Small, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company obtained a judgment by confession in the court below against Joseph and Veronica Makowski and Stanislai Mahozki upon a promissory note for the principal sum of $500. Afterward an order was entered staying execution and giving Mahozki leave to plead to the merits. He filed pleas of non-assumpsit, want of consideration, and that his signature to said note was obtained through fraud and circumvention of John Buffo, an agent of plaintiff. There was a jury trial as between plaintiff and Mahozki, and a verdict and a judgment for the latter, from which plaintiff…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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