Curry v. St. John Plow Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit for balance due upon a promissory note. Appeal from a justice of the peace. Trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Brown County: the Hon. Jefferson Orr, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1893, and affirmed. '
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wall
deliveeed the opinion of the Coubt.
This is an appeal from a judgment for §20, for the balance due upon a promissory note given by appellant to appellee for a plow sold and delivered. The defense interposed was that when the note was executed the appellant was under •the age of twenty-one years.
The suit was begun a short time after he attained his majority. He then had the plow in his possession. He had previously, and while yet a minor, contracted to exchange it with a third party in a trade for a horse, and after the suit was brought, but before the trial, he delivered it accordingly. He…
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