Rehm v. Halverson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles G-. Neely, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles G-. Neely, Judge, presiding. This is a suit, begun on April 12,1899, by the appellee against the appellant, and one Gabriel Zaccone, upon an appeal bond, dated February 21,1898, executed by Gabriel Zaccone as principal, and William H. Rehm as surety unto Enock Halverson in the penal sum of $1000.00, which bond was given upon an appeal to the circuit court from a judgment of restitution by a justice of the peace in a forcible detainer suit,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
First—Upon the trial below appellant’s counsel made a motion to dismiss this suit upon the appeal bond as against the appellant, upon the ground that there was no service on Zaccone, and further, upon the alleged ground that the bond was a joint liability, and that Zaccone, the principal in the bond, not being served, judgment could not be rendered against Rehm, the surety, alone. We are of the opinion that the judgment was properly taken against the appellant alone.
Section 3 of chapter 76 of the Revised Statutes in relation to joint rights and obligations provides, that “all joint…
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