Courtney v. Hogan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court of the First District; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, presiding Justice, and Hon. Geo. W. Pleasants and Hon. Joseph M. Bailey, Justices. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Michael Hogan against Thomas E. Courtney and John Hawley upon their indorsement of a promissory note, in the Superior Court of Cook county, which was tried before the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was an action of assumpsit, by appellee against appellants, as indorsers, on a note and indorsement in the words following:
Chicago,. December 9, 1874.
Fourteen months after date I promise to pay to the order of Thomas E. Courtney & Co., $2000, value received, payable at my office in Chicago, with interest at ten per cent per annum.
E. S. Hawley.
Indorsed:
Pay the within amount .to Mr. Hogan, or order.
T. E. Courtney & Co.
The cause, it appears, was not reached for trial in its regular order on the docket, but was advanced under what is known as the five-day rule of the Superior Court.
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