Legal Opinion

Doyle v. Considine

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 15, 1915No. Gen. No. 20,732PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph P. Rafferty, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

In a suit on a promissory note, plaintiffs had judgment for $696.76, which defendant says should be reversed because (1) the suit can only be brought in the name of E. H. Bauch, the original payee, and (2) as the note contains a reference to a “land contract” it is not a negotiable instrument; and also it was error not to permit defendant to show what was done under this contract.

As to the first point, the note was indorsed by Bauch and plaintiffs received it in due course before maturity for value; hence they properly could…

2Cited by20 opinions

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