Lyon v. Bryant
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit on a promissory note. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee is the indorsee before maturity of a promissory note made by appellant for $3,250, dated May 9,1893, and payable ninety days after date, with six per cent interest, and, as such, brought suit, and recovered judgment against the appellant for the amount of the note and interest. The only plea was the -general issue.
The defendant, appellant, offered, as stated in appellant’s brief, to prove that, “ at a time when the appellee Avas the owner of the note, he had a conversation Avith Hr. A. S. Lowenthal, concerning the…
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