Rawson v. Curtiss
Illinois Supreme Court
APPEAL EROM COOK. This cause was tried before J. M. Wilson, Judge of Cook Common Pleas Court, and a jury, at June term, 1857.
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, by Curtiss and Curtiss, the appellees, against Erastus Rawson, appellant, upon the following bill of exchange:
$1,500. Office, N. B. Cubtiss, )
Peona, December 28, 1850. J
Three days after sight, pay to the order of N. B. Curtiss & Co., Eifteen Hundred Dollars, and charge the same to wheat account.
H. N. PEASE.
To E. Rawson, Esq., Chicago.
Acceptance and payment of this draft were refused by Rawson.
The declaration sets forth, in the first count, that, on the said 28th day of December, 1850, the said H. N. Pease, being duly authorized and empowered by the said…
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