Legal Opinion
Dulaney v. Payne
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 16, 1882PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon.. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice
Craig delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Robert L. Dulaney, against Alex. M. Payne, Ed. Harlan, W. T. Martin, Lyman Booth and Dennis Legare, on a promissory note, executed by the defendants, which read as follows:
“$4262.55. Twelve months after date we, or either of us, promise to pay R. L. Dulaney, or order, the sum of four thousand two hundred and sixty-two and dollars, with ten per cent interest from date, interest payable semi-annually, for value received, this 5th day of April, 1877.”
The defendants interposed a plea of former…
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