HARRIS v. HANDMACHER

No. 1-88-1541.

185 Ill. App.3d 1023 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 77

ABNER T. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. PHILIP HANDMACHER et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants (Irving Waxman et al., Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied August 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky & Berkson, of Chicago (Alvin R. Becker and Timothy M. Kelly, of counsel), for appellant.

Schwartz, Cooper, Kolb & Gaynor, Chartered, of Chicago (David N. Missner and David O. Lehman, of counsel), for appellees Philip Handmacher and Betty Handmacher.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Abner Harris, deposited $250,000 in a bank as security for the debts of the Handmacher Company, Inc. Defendants, Philip and Betty Handmacher and Irving and Sandra Waxman, also secured the debts of the corporation. The business subsequently petitioned for bankruptcy and the bank seized Harris' deposit.

Harris brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants...

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