McClure v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Gireuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellant against the appellee, in the Clark County Circuit Court, and taken thence by change of venue to the Edgar County Circuit Court. The facts in the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Samuel HcClure, against Bobert Wilson, for money paid, laid out and expended, and lent and advanced by the plaintiff to the defendant at his special instance and request. The plea was non-assumpsit, and a trial by the court, by consent, without a jury.
The plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, offered in evidence a small blank book belonging to him, having this heading: “We the undersigned agree to give the amount set opposite our respective names, for the purpose of procuring substitutes for the drafted men of Douglas township,” below which…
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