Grimes v. Hilliary
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit on a promissory note. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at. the May term, 1893, and affirmed,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wall
The appellee, as administrator of Jacob Crimes, Sr., deceased, recovered a judgment against the appellant for $1,094.65 on account of a note for $900, given by the latter to the intestate. In the declaration as originally filed the plaintiff counted upon this note and another for $1,000, and alleged the loss of the notes.
After the evidence had been heard the declaration was amended so as to allege that the defendant had unlawfully destroyed the two notes whereby the same were totally lost to the plaintiff’s intestate, and that the same had not been paid.
There was evidence enough to satisfy…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Riggs v. PowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Grimes v. HilliaryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890