Morgan v. Park National Bank
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George H. Kettelle, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
On February 11, 1890, one C. P. Morgan borrowed $500 of the Park National Bank and gave his thirty day judgment note therefor. A few days before the note matured, appellant, the mother of C. P. Morgan, at the Instance of the bank, called at its office, and after a conversation with its president signed the note as one of the makers thereof. A few days thereafter, C. P. Morgan, who was seriously ill when his mother signed the note, died. Some two years afterward, the bank caused judgment to be entered against Mary J. Morgan upon this note.
She made a motion to have the judgment vacated, and in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lonsdale v. BrownU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1821
- Hakes, Battershall & Weed v. HotchkissSupreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Silvis v. ElySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
- Martin v. StubbingsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1886
- Culver v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Martin-Trigona v. Bloomington Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Spalding v. Estate of WhiteAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913
- Funk v. HossackAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- McMicken v. SaffordAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902