Penn v. Bornman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Geo. W. Wall, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This is an appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair county, disallowing a claim of $130,000, in favor of Joseph Penn, as assignee of the People’s Bank of Belleville, against the estate of Conrad Bornman, deceased.
We do not deem it necessary to make an extended statement of the facts of this case in order to present our views upon the legal question which controls it. We say question, for in the view we take of the case the whole controversy turns upon a single controverted point. It is sufficient to state, generally, that…
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