Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. v. Austin Bank of Chicago

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• observing that, to comply with Rule 11, “a pleader may only assert contradictory statements of fact when the pleader legitimately is in doubt about the fact in question”
• The payee of a check is the only one with the requisite possessory interest in the check to bring a claim for its conversion.
• The payee of a check is the only one with the requisite possessory interest in the check to bring a claim for its conversion.
• no action for the conversion of intangible rights such as money but only for the conversion of a specific check or draft
• no action for the conversion of intangible rights such as money but only for the conversion of a specific check or draft
• “Illinois courts do recognize a cause of action for conversion of commercial paper, such as a check, on the theory that the intangible right is merged into the specific document.”

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