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  "id": 5402844,
  "name": "Michigan Avenue Trust Company, Defendant in Error, v. Albert T. Graham et al. Albert T. Graham and William E. Fuller, Plaintiffs in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Michigan Avenue Trust Co. v. Graham",
  "decision_date": "1917-05-29",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,166",
  "first_page": "608",
  "last_page": "609",
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      "cite": "205 Ill. App. 608"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Michigan Avenue Trust Company, Defendant in Error, v. Albert T. Graham et al. Albert T. Graham and William E. Fuller, Plaintiffs in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice McDonald\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Guaranty, \u00a7 34 \u2014When nonpayment of notes need not \"be proved by plaintiff. In an action on a written contract of guaranty, where plaintiff\u2019s statement of claim alleges the execution and delivery of certain notes to it by the debtor, and that such notes had not been paid, except for certain enumerated payments, and defendants\u2019 affidavit of merits makes no defense of payment, plaintiff is not required to prove nonpayment of the notes.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice McDonald"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Jordan & Liessmann, for plaintiffs in error; Elmer M. Liessmann, of counsel.",
      "Benjamin Levering and Elmer H. Heitmann, for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Michigan Avenue Trust Company, Defendant in Error, v. Albert T. Graham et al. Albert T. Graham and William E. Fuller, Plaintiffs in Error.\nGen. No. 22,166.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Trial, \u00a7 204 \u2014when direction of verdict for plaintiff is error. In an action on a written contract of guaranty, where defendants introduce evidence tending to establish their claim that they had been released from liability thereon, it is error to direct the jury to find for the plaintiff.\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harrt M. Fisher, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1916.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed May 29, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Michigan Avenue Trust Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against Albert T. Graham, Harry M. Wells, William E. Fuller and James C. Hopkins, defendants, on a contract of guaranty. By direction of the court, the jury found the issues against the defendants and assessed plaintiff\u2019s damages at $10,000. To reverse a. judgment for this amount and costs, defendants Graham and Fuller prosecute this writ of error.\nJordan & Liessmann, for plaintiffs in error; Elmer M. Liessmann, of counsel.\nBenjamin Levering and Elmer H. Heitmann, for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0608-01",
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  "last_page_order": 637
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