People ex rel. Brooks v. Petrie
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding. This is an action of debt, (debt $10,000.00; damages $10,000.00) begun on March 23, 1899, by the People suing for the use of Ellen L. Brooks, widow, and Elmer O. Brooks, Fannie J. Brooks, Frank S. Brooks, Clarence E. Brooks, Genevra Brooks, Rolla W. Brooks and Eunice E. Brooks, children of one Benjamin F. Brooks, deceased, against the appellees, Richard S. Petrie and Cornelius L. Petrie, sureties upon a bond executed in his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This suit is brought for the purpose of holding the appellees, Richard S. Petrie and Cornelius L. Petrie, liable as sureties upon the executor’s bond of Alexander P. Petrie, deceased, for the §5000.00 paid to said Alexander P. Petrie on February 11,1887, by the Covenant Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois upon the insurance certificate, described in the statement preceding this opinion. The liability or non-liability of appellees, as such sureties, depends upon the solution of the question, whether or not the executor, Alexander P. Petrie, received the sum. of $5000.00, being the amount of…
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