Ruppert v. Frauenknecht

Although the instrument sued on is under seal, under our statute, the plaintiff may sue thereon in her own name. Dean v. Walker, 107 Ill. 540, 546. The instrument sued on is under seal and recites a consideration. The seal is presumptive evidence of a sufficient consideration to support the covenant to pay the plaintiff the amount defendant covenanted to pay to her, and the burden was on the defendant to show that there was no consideration therefor. Mills v. Larrance, 186 Ill. 635; McFarlane v. Williams, 107 id. 33.

The contention of plaintiff in error is, that Theresa Jaeger, then Theresa…