Legal Opinion

Ross v. Clawson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1868PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Wbit ob Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Cairo; the Hon. John Olney, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, upon a promissory note, brought by Garrett Clawson, against Edward T. Boss and George M. Hinckley.

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Wbit ob Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Cairo; the Hon. John Olney, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, upon a promissory note, brought by Garrett Clawson, against Edward T. Boss and George M. Hinckley. A special count in the declaration describes the parties to the note as follows: “ Garrett Claw-son, plaintiff in this suit, by Munn & Pope, his attorneys, complains of Edward T. Boss and George M. Hinckley, partners, doing business under the name, style and firm of Boss & Hinckley, defendants, of a plea of trespass on the case on premises, for that, whereas,…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese

This was an action of assumpsit, brought to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Cairo, by Garrett Clawson, against Edward T. Eoss and George M. Hinckley, as partners, on the following note: “ Thirty days after date, for value received, we promise to pay G. Clawson, or order, the sum of two hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-five cents. Cairo, Sept. 2,1867. EOSS & HINCKLEY.”

The declaration, in the introductory part, describes the plaintiff as Garrett Clawson, and the defendants, Edward T. Eoss and George M. Hinckley, partners, doing business under the name and style of Eoss & Hinckley,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Johnson v. BuellIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Little v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Thompson Foundry & Machine Co. v. GlassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  3. State v. PorterSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904

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