Hunter v. Bilyeu
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Bond county. On the 30th day of March, 1850, Samuel W. Hunter executed to Wesley A. Bilyeu and Finis Bilyeu a bond, as follows: “ Know all men by these presents: That I, Samuel W. Hunter, bind myself, my heirs, administrators and executors, firmly by these presents, to make or cause to be made unto Wesley A. Bilyeu and Finis Bilyeu, a good and sufficient title to certain lands described below, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars,…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Bond county. On the 30th day of March, 1850, Samuel W. Hunter executed to Wesley A. Bilyeu and Finis Bilyeu a bond, as follows: “ Know all men by these presents: That I, Samuel W. Hunter, bind myself, my heirs, administrators and executors, firmly by these presents, to make or cause to be made unto Wesley A. Bilyeu and Finis Bilyeu, a good and sufficient title to certain lands described below, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, in four years from this date, or when the. following notes shall have been paid, viz.: ” (describing a series of notes,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action of debt on a promissory note under seal, brought by John B. Hunter, as administrator of Samuel W. Hunter, against Bilyeu. The defendant pleaded two special pleas. The plaintiff demurred to both pleas. The court overruled the demurrer, and it was withdrawn. The plaintiff then filed three replications to the second plea. The defendant demurred to these replications, and the demurrer was sustained to the first and third and overruled as to the second, and, the plaintiff declining to amend, the court, as the record recites, gave judgment against him for costs.
As the plaintiff…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ryan v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
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