Faulk v. Kellums
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. Bichard S. Caret, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of trespass on the case on promises, brought to the Effingham circuit court by John W. Kellums, against Jay 1ST. Faulk and Andrew M. Kirkpatrick, on a promissory note. Both defendants were duly served with process. Faulk alone pleaded to the action, non-assumpsit, and a plea sworn to, that he did not execute the note.
The defendants then filed their petition for a change of venue, both signing the same, and both making affidavit of its truth, and the venue was changed to the county of Clay, where a trial was had on the issues made on the pleas of Faulk, and a verdict…
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