Means v. Harrison
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;■—-heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note, brought against the makers thereof, Thomas K. Means, Henry Hudson, William T. Stacy, Thomas F. Tinsley, Isaac J. Clayton, A. D. Scaggs, Thomas M. Renfro, C. F. Mulkey, John T. Blake and William J. Moyers, the other makers having died.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;■—-heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note, brought against the makers thereof, Thomas K. Means, Henry Hudson, William T. Stacy, Thomas F. Tinsley, Isaac J. Clayton, A. D. Scaggs, Thomas M. Renfro, C. F. Mulkey, John T. Blake and William J. Moyers, the other makers having died. The defendants pleaded the general issue and two special pleas, the first being that the cause of action did not accrue…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action in assumpsit, brought by Isham Harrison, executor of Barzilla Silkwood, deceased, upon a promissory note made by the defendants and others on January 25,. 1872, to said Silkwood, in his lifetime, for $500, payable two years after date, with ten per cent interest. The pleas were non-assumpsit, and two special pleas. A demurrer was sustained to the two special pleas. The cause was then submitted to the court for trial without a jury, the issue found for the plaintiff, damages assessed at $896.67, and judgment accordingly. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate ■Court for…
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