Chicago Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F.. Dunne, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are thus stated by the Appellate Court: “To the amended bill of complaint filed in this case by appellant, demurrers by the several appellees were sustained and said amended bill was dismissed for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F.. Dunne, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are thus stated by the Appellate Court: “To the amended bill of complaint filed in this case by appellant, demurrers by the several appellees were sustained and said amended bill was dismissed for want of equity. Chronologically stated, the.facts as alleged in said amended bill are substantially as follows: “The 16th day of October, 1891, Henry N. Cooper, one of the defendants, executed and delivered…
1Per curiam
In deciding this case the Appellate Court delivered the following opinion:
“Counsel for appellant contended, arid argue with great force, that the agreements (which we shall for certainty refer to as ‘note-contracts’) held by appellant, having been purchased and not paid by Mr. Cooper, who signed them, he had a right to re-issue them, and that the re-issue thereof is valid. Whether that be so depends upon whether the instruments in question are promissory notes. Counsel concedes that they are not negotiable promissory notes, but contends that they are of the class of instruments known in our…
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