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        "text": "Opinion of the Court,\nWaterman, J.\nAppellee brought suit against appellant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained under a contract between them made. To this appellant filed a plea that on the 27th day of January, 1890, appellee by his deed released to the plaintiff the said several premises, etc.\nReplication was filed and upon the trial appellant produced the following:\n\" January 16th, 1890.\nFor value received I hereby discharge T. D. Murphy from the payment of any and all claims which I now have or may have against him under agreement between myself, my partner, and said T. D. Murphy, for construction of sewers on Lincoln avenue, St. Elmo street and Cornelia street, assessment Mo. 723, and I hereby acknowledge to have received from said T, D. Murphy payment in full under said agreement.\nJames Hallerar.\u201d\nThis instrument, not being under seal, was not a deed of release. The court properly found the issue for the plaintiff. The plaintiff\u2019s damages were, undisputably, $932. This amount had been sustained prior to the giving of the \" release,\u201d and the amount paid, $300, being entirely insufficient to discharge the plaintiff\u2019s claim, an unsealed release was no bar. Chitty\u2019s Plead., Ed. of 1844, p. 364; Benjamin v. McConnell, 4 Gil. 536; Curtiss v. Martin, 20 Ill. 557; Kingsley v. Kingsley, 20 Ill. 203, 208; Hayes v. Mass. Life Ins. Co., 125 Ill. 626; Martin v. White, 40 Ill. App. 281; Capital City Ins. Co. v. Detwiler, 23 Ill. App. 656, 659.\nIt is urged that when the debtor is poor and in failing circumstances, a payment of a part may be a satisfaction, if so agreed, of the whole.\nIt is sufficient to say that in the present case appellant did not show that he was poor or in failing circumstances when he took this release, but merely that he told appellee something to that effect.\nThe judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.",
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    "head_matter": "Murphy v. Halleran.\n1. Release\u2014Must Be Under Seal.\u2014An unsealed release is no bar to a claim for damages.\nMemorandum.\u2014Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard Wi Cuffokd, Judge, presiding. Common counts; plea of release; trial by court; judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.\nOpinion filed March 29, 1893.\nThe opinion states the case.\nAppellant\u2019s Bribe, Yocke & Healy, Attorneys.\nA receipt in full given with full knowledge of all the circumstances, and in the absence of fraud, is conclusive. 3 Stark Ev., 1276; 3 Phill. Ev., 4th Am. Ed., 653; Benson v. Bennett, 1 Campb. 394; Emrie v. Gilbert, 1 Wright, 764; Holbrooke v. Blodget, 5 Vt. 520; Sessions v. Gilbert, Brayt. 28, 75; Giddings v. Munson, 4 Vt. 308; Patterson v. Ackerson, Edw., 427.\nAppellee\u2019s Brief, G. W. Greenfield, Attorney.\nAn instrument which is not under seal, does not operate as a release or a discharge, unless based upon a sufficient consideration, either expressed in the release or shown to have been paid at the time it was executed. Benjamin v. McConnell, 4 Gill. 536; Kingsley v. Kingsley, 20 Ill. 203; Capital City Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Detwiler, 23 Ill. App. 656; Wharton on Contracts, Section 1032; Bender v. Sampson, 11 Mass. 42; Dambrum v. Schulting, 75 N. Y. 58."
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