McIntire v. Preston
Illinois Supreme Court
Debt, in the Pike Circuit Court, brought by the «plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, and heard before the Hon, Norman H. Purple, without the intervention of a jury, at the September term, 1848, when a judgment was rendered for the defendant for costs. The plaintiff entered a motion for a new trial, which was overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Trumbull, J.
Mclntire, as the assignee of the “ Ocean Insurance Company,” sued Preston in an action of debt upon a note given to that Company. The declaration is in the usual form. The defendant pleaded nil debet, payment, set-off, and accord and satisfaction, upon all of which pleas issues were joined.
By consent of parties the case was tried by the Court, and upon the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts incorporating the Ocean Insurance Company, a section of the Constitution of Massachusetts declaring…
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