Legal Opinion

Hunter v. Harris

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the'Hon. James A. Creighton, Júdge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope

This was assumpsit, in the circuit court of Sangamon county, by Charles B. Harris, administrator of the estate of William S. Smith, deceased, against John B. Hunter. The declaration counted upon a promissory note for $10,000, purporting to have been executed by the defendant at Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois, March 6, 1880, and payable to William S. Smith, or order, five years after date, with interest from date at six per cent per annum. The defendant filed the general issue, and also a special plea denying the execution and delivery of the note, both of which are duly verified. A trial…

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