Gannon v. Cooke
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Morton W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
This is a suit in assumpsit by C. F. Cooke, appellee, against Thomas Gannon, C. W. Busby and S. D. Bichardson, appellants, and one A.W. Cooke, to recover the amount due on a promissory note for $1,000 dated January 27, 1904, executed by the defendants and payable to Samuel W. Baum, one year after date, with seven per cent, interest, and indorsed by him to appellee. Appellants filed a plea alleging they were sureties only for the" principal debtor, A. W. Cooke, as appellee well knew; that during the month of March, 1904, the said A. W. Cooke was indebted to divers persons, including one Samuel…
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