Moore v. Wright
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. On the trial of this case in the circuit court the plaintiff called a witness, who testified that on the second trial of the cause before the justice of the peace the defendant was sworn, and in his testimony admitted that the copy of the note produced by the plaintiff was a true copy of the original and of the indorsements thereon.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McRoberts, Judge, presiding. On the trial of this case in the circuit court the plaintiff called a witness, who testified that on the second trial of the cause before the justice of the peace the defendant was sworn, and in his testimony admitted that the copy of the note produced by the plaintiff was a true copy of the original and of the indorsements thereon. On cross-examination, the witness stated that the defendant, in the same statement, said he had made a payment of $75 to T. Gr. Wright on the note, which was not indorsed.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This action was upon a promissory note made payable to Thomas G. Wright, since deceased, and was brought by his administrator originally before a j us tice of the peace. On the trial before the justice, the note, with its indorsements of payments, was introduced and read as evidence to the jury. Since that trial the original note has not 'been seen. There is some evidence tending to show it was placed in a memoran-' dum book belonging to defendant, and may have been inadvertently taken away by him, but of that there is nó reliable evidence.
On the trial in the circuit court, plaintiff, by way…
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