Legal Opinion

Trego v. Estate of Cunningham

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1915PublishedCited by 44 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cartwright

Plaintiff in error, Edward E. Trego, trustee for the use of William Moore and Alfred H. Trego, filed in the probate court of Vermilion county two claims against defendant in error, the estate of James A. Cunningham, deceased, for contribution to the amounts alleged to have been paid by the claimant on notes made by the Hoopeston Horse Nail Company, a corporation, payable to itself, and indorsed by the corporation and James A. Cunningham, William Moore, Alfred H. Trego, John L. Hamilton, C. S. Crary and W. W. Todd. The first claim was for $110,601.58 for one-third of seventy-six notes alleged…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kingsland v. KoeppeIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Moore v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Burr v. BecklerIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Smalley v. EdeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  5. Cook v. BrownMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Pufahl v. Estate of ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Weger v. Robinson Nash Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1930
  3. United States v. Joseph ForcellatiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  4. Sebree v. SebreeIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  5. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. TindallIllinois Supreme Court · 1941

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