Illinois Supreme Court December 15, 1837 (President of the La Fayette Bank v. Stone)

Smith, Justice,

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was an action on the case brought to recover the amount of a bill of exchange made by the defendant and endorsed to the plaintiffs. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiffs offered in evidence, to prove the existence of the corporation, a paper purporting to be a copy of their, charter, to which was appended,— first, a certificate by B.