Legal Opinion
McDowell v. Chicago Steel Works
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1888PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. H. M. Shepard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
On July 27, 1876, the appellant signed and delivered to the Chicago Steel Works the following stock note:
“Whereas, the undersigned did, in the month of September, 1873, subscribe for fifty shares, of $100 each, of the capital stock of the Chicago Steel Works, (an incorporated body organized under the laws of the State of Illinois,) upon which subscription no payment has yet been made:
“Now, therefore, I, Malcolm McDowell, do hereby agree and promise, in consideration of the premises, to pay to the said Chicago Steel Works, whenever payment may be demanded by the directors thereof, the sum of…
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