Illinois Supreme Court, 1871

Bowman v. Millison

Bowman v. Millison
Illinois Supreme Court · Decided January 15, 1871 · Lawrence
58 Ill. 36

Counsel

Mr. S. G. Malone, for the plaintiff in error., Messrs. Bunn & Bunn and Messrs. Smith & Sterrett, for the defendant in error.

Bowman v. Millison

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Lawrence

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The instructions in this case given for the defendant, would be understood by the jury as meaning that the plaintiff, as indorsee of the note, could not recover unless he had paid a valuable consideration at the time of the indorsement, and then only to the extent of such consideration. The instructions are in conflict with the doctrine of this court, as laid dowm in Manning v. McClure, 36 Ill. 490, in regard to the effect of assigning a note as security for a precedent debt; The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Judgment reversed.

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