Sim v. Pyle

Citations

• 84 Ill. 271

Syllabus

<p>Peomissoby note —fraud in execution of—ordinary care on part of maTcer a question for the jury. In a suit by the assignee of a promissory note indorsed to him before maturity, where the proof shows that the maker of the note was craftily induced to sign it by representations made to him that it was a document of an entirely different character, and that he, being an unlettered mau and an imperfect reader, trusted another man to read the paper to him, and relied upon his representations as to the contents thereof, if it appears that the question, whether, under these circumstances, the defendant was guilty of a want of ordinary care, was fairly submitted to the jury, their finding will not be disturbed.</p>