Lawrence v. Hammond
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clark county; the Hon. Augustus A. Partlow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge
Appellees, B. F. Lawrence and J. S. Lawrence, filed their bill in equity to enjoin the prosecution of a suit at law instituted by appellant, as administrator of the estate of Clark H. Hammond, deceased, against them and Sylvester Hazen to recover the amount due upon a promissory note executed on February 11, 1907, by Hazen and appellees, payable to the order of Clark H. Hammond, for the principal sum of $600, due four years after date with 7 per cent, interest per annum.
It is alleged in the bill that said Hazen was the principal debtor and that appellees were sureties, which fact was known to…
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