Legal Opinion

Hill v. Enders

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1857PublishedCited by 5 opinions

APPEAL EROM HANCOCK. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the Circuit Court of Hancock county, by the appellees, against the appellants and others not served. The cause was tried at the October term of said court, 1857, before Sibley, Judge, and a jury, who rendered a verdict in favor of the appellees and against the appellants, for $1,737.18 damages, for which and.costs the court rendered a judgment. The declaration contains one special and the usual common counts.

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APPEAL EROM HANCOCK. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the Circuit Court of Hancock county, by the appellees, against the appellants and others not served. The cause was tried at the October term of said court, 1857, before Sibley, Judge, and a jury, who rendered a verdict in favor of the appellees and against the appellants, for $1,737.18 damages, for which and.costs the court rendered a judgment. The declaration contains one special and the usual common counts. The special count is upon a promissory note given by the appellants and the other defendants below as partners, under the…

1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.

This was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note executed by the defendants below to the plaintiffs, and made payable one day after date. The defendants pleaded- the general issue and two special pleas. The first special plea alleges that as to five hundred and ninety-four dollars of the promissory note sued on, the same was included in the note as the consideration of an agreement, then made, on the part of the plaintiffs, with the defendants, that suit should not be brought on the note for the period of sixty days after the making thereof; that the plaintiffs, disregarding this…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Mann v. SmyserIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Peterson v. JohnsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Morgan v. FallensteinIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Travelers Preferred Accident Ass'n v. StoneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
  5. Second National Bank of Beloit v. WoodruffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

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