Whitton v. Barringer

Illinois Supreme Court
Whitton v. Barringer, 67 Ill. 551 (Ill. 1873)

Whitton v. Barringer

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

It is incontestable, that the money received from Brown by the appellant, belonged, in justice, equity and of right, to appellee, and it., should have been paid to him on demand made for that purpose by him. Appellant got possession of the money on the pretense that his intestate was liable for it, and the note had been proved up against the estate. The estate had not paid the note. Brown was liable for it as principal, and to satisfy it, he paid the money to appellant, who now refuses to apply it to the note. In this he has no lawful justification.

The money, ex equo 'et bono, belongs to the appellee, and the judgment must be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Easton Whitton v. John H. Barringer
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5 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Monet had and beceived. Where the principal maker of a promissory note paid the amount due thereon to the administrator of the estate of his surety, on his pretense that the estate was liable for it, and the same had been allowed against the estate: Held, in an action by the payee and holder of the note against the administrator, individually, for money had and received to his use, that the defendant could not lawfully withhold such money, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the same.