Stover v. Mitchell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benjamin E. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Thomas Stover against James Mitchell, in the Circuit Court of Stephenson county. The case was tried by a jury, and a verdict found for the defendant. A motion for a new trial being overruled, a judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The case was brought to this court by appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The firm of James Mitchell & Co., bankers, loaned $500 to one Clark, and took from him, as collateral security, a note for a like amount against J. Bright Smith and John Miller. In September, 1860, they recovered judgment on this note in the name of Clark, against Smith and Miller. They held the judgment, as they had held the note, as security for Clark’s debt. At the same term of the court, Henry Miller and Sebastian Miller recovered judgment against Smith and John Miller, for §395.90. Executions were issued on both judgments within the year, and returned unsatisfied. In 1863 alias…
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