Chadsey v. Lewis
Illinois Supreme Court
Debt on bond, in the Schuyler Circuit Court, at the April term 1844, before the Hon. Jesse B. Thomas. The defendant pleaded first, payment, and secondly, that the deceased, in his life time, made a voluntary gift of the bond to Mary Lewis and Margaret Lewis, and delivered the same for their use and benefit, whereby the property became vested in them. The plaintiff replied to the first plea, and demurred generally to the second, in which the defendant joined.
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Debt on bond, in the Schuyler Circuit Court, at the April term 1844, before the Hon. Jesse B. Thomas. The defendant pleaded first, payment, and secondly, that the deceased, in his life time, made a voluntary gift of the bond to Mary Lewis and Margaret Lewis, and delivered the same for their use and benefit, whereby the property became vested in them. The plaintiff replied to the first plea, and demurred generally to the second, in which the defendant joined. The Court overruled the demurrer, and rendered judgment in favor of the defendant for costs. The plaintiff, to reverse said judgment,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Treat, J.
This was an action brought by Chadsey, as administrator of Oliver, against William Lewis. The decíaration was in debt on a bond, made by Lewis to Oliver, and conditioned for the payment of five hundred dollars. The defendant pleaded two pleas in bar. First, payment — second, that Oliver, in his life-time, made a voluntary gift of the bond to Mary Lewis and Margaret Lewis, and delivered the same for their use and benefit, whereby the property became vested in them. The Court overruled a demurrer to this plea, and rendered judgment for the…
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