Hollida & Ball v. Hunt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, by William H. Hunt, against Hollida & Ball, upon a promissory note given by the latter to Charles T. Davison, and assigned by him to plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered in the court below, and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The question is presented, by the first error assigned, whether the act entitled “An act to regulate the sale of patent rights, and to prevent frauds connected therewith,” approved March 25, 1869, can be sustained as a valid and constitutional enactment.
The substance of its several provisions is as follows:
The first section makes it unlawful for any person to sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter, in any county in the State, any patent right, without first making the affidavit and proof required by the second section.
The second section requires any person desiring or intending to barter or…
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