Niehoff v. Dudley

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Charles H. Dudley and Samuel Gummer, in the Cook Circuit Court, against Peter J. Cass, William H. Eanstead, Conrad S. Miehoff, and Gustavus Troost. The declaration contained one special, and the common money counts. The special count was on five promissory notes, executed by Cass & Co. to C. H. Dudley, for different sums, and each specifies that the sum named is to be paid for furnishing a particular person therein named as a volunteer in the army or navy, and specifies as the time of payment, when the volunteer shall be received into the service.…