Coulter v. Travelers' Protective Ass'n of America
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
It is assigned for error that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the first and second special pleas, and in sustaining the objection of appellee to admitting in evidence on behalf of appellant the release from further damages which is set forth in the special pleas, and the section of the constitution of appellant which is set forth in the third special plea. These pleas are pleas of payment and release. The rule is that it is not necessary to plead specially any defense that may be properly offered under the general…
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