Court Opinion

ID: 6974090
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 02:07:53.50234+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:08:54.571734
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Dunn delivered the opinion of the court: The appellant’s claims are (i) that the giving of the check and the cancellation and surrender of the old note at the time the renewal note was discounted amounted to a payment of the old note; (2) that the taking of $37.50 interest in advance at the time of the renewal constituted an extension of time of payment and released appellant, the surety; (3) that the surrender of the note, stamped “paid,” enabled the maker to present it to appellant, a surety, and thereby procure the surrender of collateral securities held for his indemnity. As to the first claim, the Appellate Court has made a special finding that nothing has been paid on either of the notes, and that question of fact is not open to review in this court. Hecker v. Illinois Central Railroad Co. 231 Ill. 574. As to the second claim, there was no plea setting up such extension of time, and the question here sought to be raised, if considered in the courts below, is not presented by the record. As to the third claim, there was no plea setting up.such defense, and the trial court rightly held, at appellee’s request, that under the pleadings appellant could not avail himself of that claim. No cross-error was assigned in the Appellate Court on this holding and it is not now open to review. The judgment of the Appellate Court is affirmed. Judgment affirmed.