Legal Opinion

VanNorman v. Young

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1907PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ or Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.

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Writ or Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit commenced by plaintiffs in error in the circuit court of Cook county, against the defendant in error, upon a promissory note for $4033.86, bearing date May 15, 1902. The declaration contained one special count and the. common counts, and the general issue was filed. The plaintiffs in error, subsequent to the filing of the declaration, filed an affidavit for a capias ad respondendum,…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand

The plaintiffs in error, on the trial, asked leave to file two additional counts to their declaration, the first of which additional counts alleged that the defendant in error fraudulently represented to the plaintiffs in error that he was the owner of the one hundred and fifty head of cattle included in said mortgage at the time said note was executed, and the second of which additional counts alleged that subsequent to the execution of the chattel mortgage given to secure the note sued on, the defendant in error fraudulently and without the knowledge and consent of the plaintiffs in error…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brewster v. ReelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  2. Sherwood v. MitchellNew York Supreme Court · 1847
  3. City of East St. Louis ex rel. Dowd v. RenshawIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Phillips v. KerrIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Smith v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  2. Woerter v. DavidAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  3. Lawrence v. WischnowskyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
  4. Martinez v. CoganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
  5. Guindon v. BruskySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919

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