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22 Ill. 433

Speer v. Craig

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1859

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1859-04-15

Assumpsit upon a promissory note, made October 10,1857, by Samuel A. Hatch and Thomas Speer, for $813.48, payable to John Craig. Indorsed to R. S. Craig. The declaration is filed in the name of R. Solon Craig. Plea non-assumpsit, and sworn to. In the descriptive allegation relating to the indorsement, it is simply stated that John Craig indorsed the note to the plaintiff. Errors assigned: The court erred in admitting the note and indorsement in evidence.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1886

2 state decisions

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Decided 1859-04-15

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Caton, C. J.

¶1The declaration in this case is by R. Solon Craig as plaintiff against Hatch and Speer. Speer alone was served with process and pleaded non-assumpsit. The declaration avers that the defendants made their note, giving date and amount and when payable, by which they promised to pay to the order of John Craig, etc., and that afterwards the payee indorsed the note to the plaintiff. Upon the trial, the note as described was introduced in evidence and the indorsement by the payee, as follows: “ For value received I transfer the within note to R. S. Craig,” and it is objected that this was a variance from the indorsement described in the declaration. The declaration pretends to set out nothing but the substance of the indorsement, without pretending to- give a description of the form. It does not pretend to say by what name, description, addition or designation, the order to pay to the plaintiff was made. Had the declaration averred that the payee had indorsed it to the plaintiff by the designation aforesaid, or by the name of R. Solon Craig, then there would have been a variance.. As it was, there was the simple question of fact to be determined whether the note was really indorsed to the plaintiff by any name or description. The court found that it was, and we think properly.

¶2The judgment must be affirmed.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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