Strong & Wiley Bros. v. King
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the court below, on the 23d day of March, 1860, by John B. King against Strong & Wiley Brothers, to recover upon a bill of exchange drawn by the defendants, at Chicago, upon the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, Hew York, for one thousand dollars, in favor of Williams & Brother, and which, by successive indorsements, came to the hands of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the court below, on the 23d day of March, 1860, by John B. King against Strong & Wiley Brothers, to recover upon a bill of exchange drawn by the defendants, at Chicago, upon the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, Hew York, for one thousand dollars, in favor of Williams & Brother, and which, by successive indorsements, came to the hands of the plaintiff. The following is a copy of the instrument sued upon: Chicago, Ill., Aug. 19, 1857. Pay to the order of Mess. Williams & Bro., One Thousand Dollars,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was a sight draft drawn by Strong & Wiley Brothers on the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, in favor of Williams & Bro. The last named firm indorsed the draft to It. K. Swift, Brother & Johnston, who indorsed the same to appellee. It was negotiated on the day of its date to B. 3L Swift, Brother & Johnston, who, on the same day, sent it to Swift, Bansom & Co., of New York, for collection, and it reached them on Saturday, August 22, 1857. On that day Swift, Bansom & Co. indorsed upon the draft “received payment,” and wrote their name under the indorsement, and sent it by a messenger…
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