Legal Opinion
Mann v. Forein
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 1897PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Ferdinand Book-Walter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Elizabeth Mann, against Dennis Forein, Jr., executor of the estate of Dennis Forein, deceased, upon a promissory note alleged to have been executed to her by her father. The note was as follows:
“Fairmount, III., April 6,1882.
“I promise to pay to my daughter, Elizabeth Mann, five thousand dollars at my death, for value received.
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Dennis X -Forein. ”
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To the declaration the defendant pleaded, first, the general issue; second, a plea denying the execution by the deceased of the note sued on, verified by affidavit of defendant; third, a plea of no…
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- Glazier v. StreamerIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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