Percy v. Hollister
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered’ the opinion of the Court.
This was a suit upon a promissory.note for $1,475, made-by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error, dated August 1, .1888.
The plaintiff in error pleaded a want of consideration for the note, but upon a trial before the court, without a jury, the issues were found for the plaintiff below, and judgment given, for $2,153.50.
At the time the note was made and delivered, the defendant in error was the holder of a note for $800, drawing ten per cent interest, dated March 1, 1878, made by a firm of which the husband of the…
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