Union National Bank v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by the Union National Bank of Chicago, against the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Bailway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Illinois.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. S. P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by the Union National Bank of Chicago, against the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Bailway Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Illinois. To the declaration, which consisted of the common counts, including a count for interest, the defendant pleaded non assumpsit, and two special pleas. By the first plea it was alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff is a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
The judgment of the Circuit Court was affirmed by the Appellate Court on the ground that a recovery by the plaintiff would necessarily involve the admission of evidence of a cotemporaneous parol contract to modify and add to the terms of the written contract. The loan from the plaintiff to the defendant, and its terms, were evidenced by a promissory note, and that note was an agreement in writing, by which the defendant, for the consideration therein expressed by the words “value received,” promised to pay the plaintiff, six months after date, the sum of $150,000 in gold coin. The note having…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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