Hoff v. Dougherty

John L. Hoff, appellee, filed a claim in the probate court of La Salle county against James J. Dougherty, administrator of the estate of John M. Dougherty, deceased, appellant, on a note for $9,800, which had been given by John M. Dougherty and J. L. Bane to the First National Bank of Ottawa. The administrator of the estate of the said John M. Dougherty, deceased, filed objections to the claim on the ground that John L. Hoff, claimant, was not a bona fide holder of the note; that he filed the claim on behalf of Bane the comaker; that the note was paid by Bane and the assignment to Hoff, the…