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· 9/15/1872

Ingraham v. Luther

Citations

  • 65 Ill. 446

Syllabus

<p>Pleading and evidence—variance. In an action on a promissory note against the maker, where the plaintiff declares on the note as payable to himself, the defendant may, under the general issue, prove that the note was payable to a person other than the plaintiff, and such being the evidence constitutes a variance which is fatal to a recovery.</p>

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  • the juror had been confined for a short period in an “insane hospital” approximately 8 years before trial and had been discharged as “improved”

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Judges: Walker

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