Legal Opinion

Crain v. First National Bank

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1885PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Cyrus Bpler, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was a suit by the First National Bank of Jacksonville, •against John A. Crain and James W. Manson, upon a promissory note purporting to be made by Crain & Manson to the plaintiff, for $5000, dated at Jacksonville, Illinois, May 8, 1883, and payable four months after date, with eight per cent per annum interest after maturity. The plaintiff recovered in the circuit court a verdict and judgment for $5303.33, which judgment, on appeal to the Appellate Court for the Third District, was affirmed, and the defendants appealed further to this court.

The defendants’ plea put in issue the execution…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. First Nat. Bank of ToledoSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Doan v. DuncanIllinois Supreme Court · 1855

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  2. Donroy, Ltd., Dostrey, Ltd., Lacancal, Ltd., and Transpat, Ltd. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  3. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. WangelinIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Evans v. JohnstonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
  5. Northeastern Nash Auto. Co., Inc. v. BartlettSupreme Court of Vermont · 1927

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