Mines v. Moore
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Leland, County Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Hugh Mines, to the June Term, 1865, of the La Salle County Court, against Jeremiah Moore, for the recovery of four promissory notes executed by the latter to the former. The notes bore date the 24th of September, 1856, and amounted in the aggregate, exclusive of interest, to the sum of $1,039. The declaration is in the usual form.
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Appeal from the County Court of La Salle county; the Hon. P. K. Leland, County Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Hugh Mines, to the June Term, 1865, of the La Salle County Court, against Jeremiah Moore, for the recovery of four promissory notes executed by the latter to the former. The notes bore date the 24th of September, 1856, and amounted in the aggregate, exclusive of interest, to the sum of $1,039. The declaration is in the usual form. Defendant filed the plea of the general issue, and a special plea, that there was given as a part of the same transaction ten…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit brought by Mines against Moore, on four promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate to $1,039. The plea of the general issue was filed, and also a special plea, to which a demurrer was sustained. A trial was had by the court on the general issue, a jury having been waived, by agreement of the parties. The court found the issues for the defendant, and rendered a judgment in his favor 'for costs.
On the trial, plaintiff in error introduced in evidence the notes sued on, and rested his case. Defendant in error then introduced the record and decree, in a cause in…
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