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  "id": 2815281,
  "name": "Equitable Trust Company, of New York, Appellant, v. C. B. Harger, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Equitable Trust Co. v. Harger",
  "decision_date": "1913-01-28",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 17,990",
  "first_page": "106",
  "last_page": "107",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "parties": [
      "Equitable Trust Company, of New York, Appellant, v. C. B. Harger, Appellee."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Barnes\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nPlaintiff\u2019s suit is based upon the theory that the following writing was a negotiable instrument in Illi- . nois at the date of its execution:\n\u201cChicago, Ill., Dec. 15th, 1902.\n\u201cMr. Archibald C. Haynes,\nGeneral Agent,\nEquitable Life Assurance Society,\n25 Broad Street, N. Y;\nDear Sir:\nI hereby acknowledge having received from Mr. F. F. Mclver, policy Nos. 1168206, 1168204 and 1168208 \u2014being for $20,000 on my life, in the Equitable Life Assurance Society. You are authorized and requested to place the said policy in force from this date, and I promise to pay the balance of the first premium, amounting to $800 as follows:\u201d\n(Here are designated eight instalments of $100 each; one made payable on the 15th of each month for the next eight successive months). Signed, \u201cVery truly yours, C. B. Harger.\u201d\nIndorsed on the back of said instrument is the following :\n\u201cArchibald C. Haynes,\nQ-en\u2019l Agt.,\nBy Ralph C. Haynes, Atty.\u201d\nWe cannot agree with the contention that such instrument designates Haynes as the payee. The instrument itself does not designate with certainty any person to whom payment is to be made. From its context it clearly imports Harger\u2019s liability to the Equitable Life Assurance Society for premiums on policies issued by said society on his life, and his promise to pay them, and clearly indicates that he was dealing with Haynes in the capacity of agent for said society. Unquestionably the latter could have brought an action for said premiums if not paid, and have used such letter as evidence of the obligation. This case is not at all analogous to the cases cited where terms like \u201cagent,\u201d \u201cpresident,\u201d etc., are merely descriptio personae.\nThe court below properly found for defendant, and that the instrument was not negotiable, and that it did not designate Haynes as payee.\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Barnes"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Percival Steele, for appellant; Harvey L. Cavender, of counsel.",
      "Frederick Mains, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Equitable Trust Company, of New York, Appellant, v. C. B. Harger, Appellee.\nGen. No. 17,990.\nBills and notes\u2014instrument not negotiable where payee uncertain. Where a written promise to pay a certain amount does not designate with certainty the payee, it is not a negotiable instrument.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Isidore H. Himes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed January 28, 1913.\nPercival Steele, for appellant; Harvey L. Cavender, of counsel.\nFrederick Mains, for appellee."
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  "file_name": "0106-01",
  "first_page_order": 124,
  "last_page_order": 125
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