New Market Savings Bank v. Gillet
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the New Market Savings Bank, upon a promissory note.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the New Market Savings Bank, upon a promissory note. The declaration contained the common counts, and two special counts, the note sued upon being alleged to have been made by Gil-let and others to Longley, and by him assigned to Chase and others, and by them to the plaintiff. Gillet alone was served. The purpose of the suit was -to recover against the defendants as .the individual…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The note sued ón is as follows:
“$8300. Chicago, 20-January, 1870.
“Eighteen months after date, we, the trustees of the First Free Will Baptist Society of Chicago, promise to pay James Longley, or order, $8300, with interest thereon, semi-annually at the rate of ten per cent per annum, payable at the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, Illinois.
Trustees of the First Free Will Baptist Society of Chicago, Illinois.
Aaron P. Downs, Paul W. Gillet, John G. Elkins, Benjamin Chase, Hiram Watts, Pleasant Amick, Wilson F. Behel, Henry G. Richwald, John A. Bartlett. ”
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