Weston v. Myers
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward Y. Rice, Judge, presiding. This was an action originally instituted before a justice of the peace in Sangamon county, by Charles W. Weston and others against Henry C. Myers, to recover upon one hundred and ninety-eight printed instruments in the following form: “ Good for 50 cents.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Edward Y. Rice, Judge, presiding. This was an action originally instituted before a justice of the peace in Sangamon county, by Charles W. Weston and others against Henry C. Myers, to recover upon one hundred and ninety-eight printed instruments in the following form: “ Good for 50 cents. H. C. Myers, Sut.” which were indorsed in the handwriting of the defendant, “H. C. M.” The trial before the justice resulting in a verdict and judgment against the defendant, he took an appeal to the Circuit Court, where the cause again came on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beckwith
This is an action to recover the sums of money specified in a large number of printed instruments in the following form:
“ Good for 50 cents.
“H. C. Myers, Sut.”
and were indorsed, in the handwriting of the defendant, “ H. C. M.” The plaintiffs proved the signature of the defendant on the back of each of the instruments; that they were issued by the defendant, and that he-received value for them from the person to whom they were originally issued. It also appeared in evidence that the plaintiffs received these instruments in the usual course of business for goods sold and delivered, from persons…
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