Estate of Ramsay v. People ex rel. Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Clinton county; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, Judge, presiding. This is a claim, originally filed on March 20, 1896, in the county court of Clinton county against the estate of Rufus N. Ramsay by the commissioners of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, for $11,750.00, being an amount, claimed to be due on the official bond of James D. Baker, as warden of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, upon which bond Rufus N. Ramsay was one of the sureties. Owing to litigation over the Ramsay…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Magruder
The errors, assigned upon the record by the appellant, relate to the admission of evidence in the trial below, and to the holding and refusal of the propositions of law asked by the parties.
First—The first class of objections, made by the appellant to the action of the court below, relates to the execution of the bond sued upon. It is said by the appellant, that there was no proof of the signatures to the bond; and section 65 of the act in regard to administration of estates is referred to, as showing that it was necessary to prove the handwriting of the signatures to the bond. Such proof was…
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