Wells v. Manufacturers & Merchants Life Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. Robert K. Welsh, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
George M. Wells brought this action of assumpsit upon a promissory note issued by the Manufacturers & Merchants Life Association, dated October 15, 1913, due January 1, 1914, for $1,000, with interest at 6 per cent until paid, payable to the order of O. M. Erwin, and by him indorsed to plaintiff. He filed a declaration containing a special count on the note and the common counts, together with an affidavit of the amount due thereon. Defendant filed a plea of the general issue, verified by affidavit, in which it was also stated…
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