Farrell v. Bruce
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Theodore N. Greek, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Carnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
John Farrell died intestate September 27, 1912, seventy-nine years of age. About two weeks before his death, and in his last sickness, he delivered to Eeuben Bruce, the appellant, twenty-five of his bank certificates of deposit which he indorsed on two different occasions, in part by writing his name and in part by his mark. Bruce procured the payment of these certificates in the lifetime of John Farrell and after-wards paid out of the money so obtained doctor’s bills and undertaker’s bills incurred in the last sickness and burial…
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