Taft v. Myerscough
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
The chief and decisive question presented by this appeal is as to whether the court erred in peremptorily directing a verdict for appellee, or, in other words, whether the evidence presented by appellant under his special plea constituted defense to this action.
What would be the effect of the facts pleaded by the special plea if they were established by the evidence ? Our statute regulating defenses to negotiable instruments, partly declaratory of the common law and partly creative of new defenses not recognized at common law, permits defense to such instruments upon the following grounds: A…
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