Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Spear
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.-“Creditor’s bill. Appeal from a decree rendered by the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. Arthur A. Smith, Circuit Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Cartwright, J.
In this case appellee filed a bill against Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank and John V. Farwell Co., appellants, and I. P. Norton, to compel the defendants to pay to him attorney’s fees included in judgment notes taken by them from Thompson & McLean, when the makers were insolvent, and afterward reduced to judgment and collected, and to enforce an alleged verbal agreement between complainant and the president of said bank, that the bank should pay complainant one-half of any loss he might sustain through failure to collect from said Thompson & McLean certain debts…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eddy v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
- Hulse v. MershonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Murto v. McKnightAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
- Waterman v. ResseterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Blasdel v. EricksonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910