Lilly v. Palmer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Aurora; the Hon. Richard Gr. Montony, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
This was an action of assumpsit, in the court helow, brought by John Lilly, against Ormus Palmer, on a promissory note for $280, dated Nov. 18,1865, and payable on the first day of January, 1867, to Emery E. Hall, and by him endorsed without recourse.
The general issue was pleaded, with leave to give special matter in evidence.
The jury found for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was overruled and judgment rendered against the plaintiff for costs. To reverse this judgment the record is brought here by appeal.
The note in question, it appears, was secured, with other notes, by mortgage on…
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