Bartelott v. International Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county.; the Hon. R. S. Williamson, Judge, presiding. On October 17, A. D. 1881, George Bartelott brought an action of assumpsit, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against the International Bank and Berthold Lowenthal. The declaration contained the common counts, only.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county.; the Hon. R. S. Williamson, Judge, presiding. On October 17, A. D. 1881, George Bartelott brought an action of assumpsit, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against the International Bank and Berthold Lowenthal. The declaration contained the common counts, only. The bank filed the following plea: “And the International Bank, one of the above named defendants, by Bisbee & Ahrens, its attorneys, comes and defends the wrong and injury, when, etc., and says- that it,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The Appellate Court held, that since there is conclusive evidence showing that, on the lltli day of September, A. D. 1873, at the time that Samuel J. Walker paid the appellee the $20,000, in satisfaction and discharge of the principal notes for which the two $15,000 notes, secured by the trust deed, were held as collateral security, Samuel J. Walker was indebted to the appellee to the further amount of nearly or quite $200,000, on a large amount of which it held no specific security, the appellee was entitled to still retain the two $15,000 notes, and trust deed securing them, as collateral…
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