Sloo v. President of the State Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
The bill of exceptions taken on the trial of this cause in the Court below, at the August term, 1837, before the Hon. Sidney Breese, contains a full statement of the case, and omitting the declaration and the notice to the defendants in error of the motion of the plaintiff in error, to set aside the judgment rendered at the May special term, is as follows : “ Albert G. Sloo & Horatio G. McClintoc 7 Circuit Court of St. v. The President, Directors and Co. oft Clair county,…
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The bill of exceptions taken on the trial of this cause in the Court below, at the August term, 1837, before the Hon. Sidney Breese, contains a full statement of the case, and omitting the declaration and the notice to the defendants in error of the motion of the plaintiff in error, to set aside the judgment rendered at the May special term, is as follows : “ Albert G. Sloo & Horatio G. McClintoc 7 Circuit Court of St. v. The President, Directors and Co. oft Clair county, August the State Bank of Illinois. ) term, 1837. Be it remembered that at this present term of the Court, August, 1837,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Justice
This is a writ of error, prosecuted on the part of Sloo, to reverse the judgment entered in this cause against him, on the following statement of facts appearing on the record :
A judgment, by confession, was entered in the St. Clair Circuit Court, in favor of the defendants in error, against Sloo and McClintoc, trading under the firm of Sloo & Co., for $125,000.
This confession is made by Alfred Cowles, an Attorney of that Court, under a warrant of attorney, executed by McClintoc alone, in the name of the firm, without seal, authorizing any attorney of any Court in this State to appear for the…
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