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153 Ill. App. 440

Ward v. Schafer

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 31, 1910

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1910-03-31

<p>Negotiable instbuments—how want of consideration pleaded. By section 9 of chapter 98, which was not repealed by the Negotiable Instrument Act of 1907, the defense of want of consideration must be specially pleaded in an action of special assumpsit on a note.</p>

Relies on Dickinson v. Citizens National Bank of Franklin, Indiana

Affirmed · Decided 1910-03-31

Mr. Justice Baker

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This is an appeal of the defendants from a judgment on a directed verdict for the plaintiff in an action of assumpsit. The declaration consisted of a special count on a promissory note of the defendants payable to the order of the plaintiff, and the common counts, and with the declaration was filed a copy of the note on which the action was brought. The only plea was non assumpsit. On this state of the pleadings the defendants could not question the consideration of the note. Dickinson v. Citizens National Bank, 70 Ill. App. 405, and cases there cited.

¶3The evidence offered by defendants showed that the check for $400 delivered by defendants to plaintiff was applied as directed by the defendants. The amount due on the note was agreed on by the parties in open court. There being no controverted question of fact, a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount so agreed to be due on the note was properly directed, and the judgment is affirmed.

¶4Affirmed.

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