Tuttle v. Ridgeway

Citations

• 62 Ill. 515

Syllabus

<p>1. Declaration—when sustained by evidence. A declaration for a specific sum, averring that the amount has reached the defendant’s hands to the use of the plaintiff, is good for any portion of the sum which may be proved.</p> <p>2. Promise—what is a good consideration for. If A owe B and give his order on C for a sum that may come into the hands of C, to his use, and C accept the order, he is liable to B for so much of that sum as shall come to his possession, his acceptance being a promise founded upon a sufficient consideration.</p>