Hunt v. Divine
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Edward L. Mayo, County Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit upon a certificate of deposit. The first count is upon the instrument as a promissory note.
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Appeal from the County Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Edward L. Mayo, County Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit upon a certificate of deposit. The first count is upon the instrument as a promissory note. The second, alleges that on the 9th of March, 1861, in consideration C. M. Chase would deposit in the bank of defendants for three months, $280.50 in currency, defendants, by name of E. T. Hunt & Co., undertook, &c., in and by a certificate of deposit, dated March 9,1861, to pay to the order of C. M. Chase the said sum of $280.50, in currency, on return of said certificate of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was . an action of assumpsit in the DeKalb County Court, brought by the appellee against the appellant on the following instrument of writing: Banking house of E. T. Hunt & Co., Sycamore, Illinois, March 9th, 1861, C. M. Chase, Esq., has deposited in this bank, two hundred and eighty dollars and fifty cents in currency, subject to the order of himself, and payable m like funds on return of this certificate three months after date, E. T. Hunt & Co.; endorsed C. M. Chase.
The first count of the declaration is upon this instrument as a promissory note — the second count alleges that on the…
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