Greene v. Masten
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gary
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellant sued the appellees upon a promissory note for one hundred dollars, indorsed to him by the payee, of which the “Economy Dry Paste Company” was the maker. Of that company the appellees were officers, but the certificate of organization of the company was not filed in the recorder’s office'. The appellees are therefore liable for the debts of the company. We have waited long for the Supreme Court to decide Loverin v. McLaughlin, in which wc held (46 Ill. App. 373) that proposition to be law, and in 161 Ill. 417, onr…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Loverin v. McLaughlinIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Loverin v. McLaughlinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
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