Legal Opinion
Garvin v. Wiswell
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb' county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Isaac W. Garvin against "Willard Wiswell, to recover money which the defendant had received from the county treasurer of DeKalb county, in payment of a certain county bond and coupons attached, which the plaintiff claimed to own.
The bond and coupon were in the following form:
“ Ho. 889. §100.00
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Treasurer of DeKalb County :
On the first day of July, A. D. 1874, pay to John Murphy, or bearer, §100, out of the funds appropriated for bounties to volunteers, with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from this date, upon the presentation of the…
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