Baldwin v. Killian

Citations

• 63 Ill. 550

Syllabus

<p>1. Ebboneotjs insteuctions—whether cured by the giving of others, stating the law correctly. Where the court below misdirects the jury in the series of instructions given on behalf of one party to a suit, although thejr are properly instructed in the series given on behalf of the other, if it appears that the erroneous instructions may have misled the jury, this court will, for that reason, reverse the judgment.</p> <p>2. Assisnee before maturity. The fact that a promissory note was given for a right to sell a certain patent within a specified district, and that the payee failed to furnish machines represented by the patent, as he agreed to do, and the maker received no benefit from the same, will not avail as a defense in behalf of the maker against an innocent assignee before maturity.</p>