Waite v. Dennison
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The facts in this case are fully presented in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit, on a promissory note, held by defendant in error, hv assignment from John A. Jameson, against plaintiff in error. It was urged in the court below that the note had been satisfied by money paid at different times, the foreclosure of a mortgage on real estate, and the sale of a law library under a chattel mortgage. It is also claimed that the sale of the library was illegal, and that defendant below had a right to set off the value of the law books thus sold, not at what they brought, but at their full value. The note read in evidence was for the sum of $890,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Phares v. BarbourIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
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