Legal Opinion

Finley v. Thayer

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1866PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of the county of Fayette; the Hon. Charles Emerson, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker

This was a suit in equity, brought by Joel K. Finley, in the Clay Circuit Court against William Thayer, Edwin B. Aldrich, Seth Thayer, Charles H. F. Abrens, C. Lackey, W. W. Willard, and H. 0. Goodman, to enjoin the collection of two promissory notes, for about two hundred dollars each, given by complainant to the first named four of the defendants. It is alleged in the bill, that a power of attorney was also executed at the same time, to confess a judgment on the notes if default should be made in their payment; that after their maturity, at the August Term, 1859, of the Marion Circuit…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roberts v. HughesIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Bressler v. MartinIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Vanscoyoc v. KimlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Holden v. DunnIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Pritchard v. FruitAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917

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