Brunswick v. Birkenbeuel

Citations

• 83 Ill. 413

Syllabus

<p>Payment—by claim on insurance companies. If the holder of notes, by agreement, accepts of the maker policies of insurance covering property destroyed by fire, upon which there is a prima facie cause of action, in discharge of the notes, in the absence of fraud he will he bound by the contract, and the maker, when sued on the notes, need not show that a complete cause of action existed in his favor on the policies, to make his defense availing.</p>