Shirley v. Howard

Citations

• 53 Ill. 455

Syllabus

<p>Assignee before maturity—subject to what defenses. It is no defense to an action upon a promissory note, by the assignee against the maker, that the consideration of the note, between the maker and the payee, was a wager on the result of the presidential election, where the assignee received the note in good faith, for a valuable consideration, before maturity.</p>