City Trust, Safe Deposit & Surety Co. of Philadelphia v. Lee
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, upon a bond. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justioe Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first contention of plaintiff in error is that the trial court erred in refusing to give to the jury the three instructions which it tendered. These instructions in varying forms told the jury that if they found the defendant was induced to sign the bond by reason of the answer of “ Eighty-five dollars per month,” to the question as to the amount of salary or commission to be paid Morrow, that such answer was false, and the defendant did not know that it was false at the time it issued the bond, then they should find for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Zimmerman v. WillardIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Clark v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Dearborn v. Inhabitants of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867