Legal Opinion

Holmes v. Partridge

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1941No. 25817. Appellate Court reversed; circuit court affirmedPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question in this case is whether warrants of attorney appearing in two promissory notes are joint or joint and several.

On March 30, 1938, W. F. Holmes, appellant, caused judgment by confession to be entered in the circuit court of Livingston county against W. F. Partridge, appellee, upon two notes signed by appellee and three others, as makers, in the amounts of $1750 and $775. At the time the judgment was taken, two of the makers, Todd V. Richards and J. D. Richards,, were dead. Appellee thereafter filed a motion in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mayer v. PickIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Kahn v. LesserWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Frye v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Farmers Exchange Bank v. SollarsIllinois Supreme Court · 1933

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Wolf v. GainesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
  2. Mid-States Finance Co., Inc. v. RedmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969
  3. Nash v. ClarkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  4. Travis v. ForemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  5. Broadway Management Corp. v. BriggsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975

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