Alling v. Straka
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We must reverse this judgment and remand the cause. It came to the court below on an appeal from a justice, and there were no written pleadings therefore.
The plaintiff below.—appellee here—produced a note signed by the defendant below—appellant here—to her order, dated Movember 27, 1899, due one year after date, for §101.65, with interest at seven per cent, per annum. Payments amounting to $11 were admitted by appellee to have been made on the note, but no new promise after its date to pay it was proven.
Defendant offered in evidence a duly authenticated certificate of his discharge in…
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