KEDZIE AND 103RD CURRENCY EXCHANGE, INC. v. HODGE

Docket No. 73855.

619 N.E.2d 732 (1993)

156 Ill.2d 112

189 Ill.Dec. 31

KEDZIE AND 103RD CURRENCY EXCHANGE, INC., Appellant, v. Beulah M. HODGE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Slutsky, Roy P. Amatore, Chicago, Gerald R. Slutsky, Northbrook, for appellant.

Frank P. Auwarter, Kathleen M. Gorr and Anne K. Lewis, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

We consider here whether a holder in due course of a check is precluded from payment as against the drawer where the check was given in exchange for contract services for which the provider was required to be, but was not, a licensed plumber. We conclude such a claim is not precluded.

BACKGROUND

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