Ryan v. McGirr
Appellate Court of Illinois
Judgment by confession. Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; the Hon. Duane J. Cabnes, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
On September 7, 1910, John Ryan obtained a judgment by confession against Timothy Duggan and John McGirr on a note for $500 with interest at 6% dated July 10, 1907, payable one year after date. Thereafter the judgment was opened with leave to plead. Duggan filed pleas of the general issue and discharge in bankruptcy. There was a replication to the bankruptcy plea. McGirr filed a plea of the general issue and a special plea setting up fraud and circumvention in obtaining his signature, in that it was represented to him that if he would sign the note, Duggan’s wife would also sign the same as…
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