Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Prewitt
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
The Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the decree of the circuit court of Sangamon county in this case, and the following opinion, which expresses the views of this court in the case, was delivered by Mr. Justice Pleasants:
“In March, 1885, John P. Smith borrowed of George and Hiram Wilson, partners, $22,500, giving* his notes therefor and executing* a mortgage upon his farm of 770 acres, in Sangamon and Morgan counties, to secure their payment. Afterwards he became indebted to the Central Illinois Banking and Savings Association (commonly known as the Central Bank) of…
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- Osborn v. NobleMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
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