Thomas R. Wood & Co. v. Merchants' Saving, Loan & Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Superior Court of Chicago, by the Merchants’ Saving, Loan and Trust company, against Thomas E. Wood and Company, on a note of which this is a copy:
“ $907.45. Chicago, August 10, 1864.
On the 26th day of September, after date, we promise to pay to the order of Messrs. George A. Berry & Co., nine hundred and seven dollars and forty-five cents, at the banking house of J. G. Conrad, Chicago. Value received.
THOMAS E. WOOD & Co.”
The note was indorsed to the plaintiff.
The plea was the general issue, with an agreement that the defendants might give…
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