Berry v. De Bruyn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Case dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Judgment for defendant for costs. Error by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendant in error, on December 2,1895, made his promissory note of that date for the sum of $30,000, payable to the order of Charles S. Berry or his wife, Hattie D. Berry, ninety days after date, with interest at six per cent per annum, and reciting that it was given for services and expenses rendered the maker from August 21, 1895, to November 16, 1895. It'does not appear to whom the note was delivered, but, not having been paid, this suit was begun August 19, 1897, in the name of the payees for the use of Hattie D. Berry, the…
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