Illinois Supreme Court June 15, 1840 (Salisbury v. Gillett)

Lockwood, Justice,

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was an action of debt commenced by Salisbury & Collins against Gillett Avery, by petition and summons.

The defendants pleaded nil debet, and the cause was, by consent of parties, tried by the Court without a jury. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiffs produced and read a note, of which the following is a copy, to wit:

“St.