Hudson v. Green Hill Seminary Corp.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—• heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Franklin Blades, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—• heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Franklin Blades, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit upon an instrument of which the following is a copy: “$1000. Watseka, III., March 2, 1874. “On the presentation of this note, with the accompanying certificate, signed by the agent of the Green Hill Seminary, for value received, I promise to pay to the order of the treasurer of said seminary one thousand dollars, with six per cent interest from date of said certificate until paid. Payable…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
First—The plea of mil tiel corporation did not impose the burden upon appellee of proving that it was, in all respects, a perfectly legal corporation. It was entitled to recover on the issue presented by that plea, on making proof that it had a de facto existence, and the execution of the instrument upon which the suit is brought was sufficient prima facie evidence of the existence of appellee as a corporation, and no further proof thereof was necessary until such proof was rebutted by appellant. Brown et al. v. Scottish-American Mortgage Co. 110 Ill. 235; Wood v. Kingston Coal Co. 48 id.…
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