Cole v. Joliet Opera House Co.

At the June term, 1874, appellee brought an action in the Will circuit court against appellant, to recover the balance of a subscription for capital stock in the Joliet Opera House Company. The declaration contained two special counts, to which defendant filed the plea of the general issue, and a plea that the signature of defendant was obtained to the subscription by fraud and circumvention. To the latter of these pleas plaintiff demurred, and the court sustained the demurrer, whereupon a trial was had by the court and a jury, under the general issue, resulting in a verdict in favor of…