Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois (Volume 177) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... verdict and judgment for the appellee for the sum of $G361.00 against the estate of Mary Beatty to be paid as a claim of the seventh class. An appeal was taken from this judgment to the Appellate Court, and the judgment has been there affirmed. The present appeal is from such judgment of affirmance. The note, filed as a claim against the estate of the deceased, is as follows: "$7000.00. Dover, Iii., Dec. 9, 1887. "In consideration of a desire to aid the cause of christian education, and the privilege of sending one student four years free of tuition I promise to pay to the order of the treasurer of Western College, of Toledo, Iowa, for the erection of the Ladies' Boarding Hall of said college on or before the first day of December, 1910, the sum of seven thousand dollars, without interest: Provided, that in the event of my death befoi-e the maturity of this note, it shall become then due. "P. O. Dover, County Bureau, State 111. Mary Beatty. "Witness, H. H. Maynard, W. M. Beardshear." The certificates, filed by the appellants as a set-off to the claim of appellee, are as follows, to-wit: "In consideration of the agreement on the part of Western College, of Toledo, Iowa, that it will keep up and maintain its college and increase its facilities for a christian education, and in further consideration of the payment to Mrs. Mary Beatty of one hundred eighty-seven and "oo dollars each and every year of her natural life, the first payment to be made one year from the date hereof, the said Mrs. Mary Beatty has deposited with the said Western College the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the benefit of and to become and be the. property of said Western College, and to be used as the board of trustees or executive committee thereof may direct. "Witness my hand...