Legal Opinion

Burlington Insurance v. Johnson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 27, 1887PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Beeves, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott

This suit was brought by the Burlington Insurance Company, against S. M. Johnson and W. F. Johnson, and their sureties, on a bond. The declaration, as last amended, contains only a single count, to which the circuit court sustained the demurrer interposed by defendants, and plaintiff electing to stand by its declaration, final judgment was entered in favor of defendants. That judgment was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the Third District, and plaintiff brings the ease to this court on its further appeal.

The bond declared on was given in pursuance of the fifteenth clause of an agreement…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. McCartney v. RidgwayIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Castle v. PowellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  3. Coughran v. BigelowUtah Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Kenney v. BarrySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1932
  5. Utter v. LeachMichigan Supreme Court · 1921

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