Drumm Construction Co. v. Forbes

This is a proceeding with reference to a judgment for $950 entered in the municipal court of Chicago in favor of appellant, the Drumm Construction Company, against appellee, George S. Forbes, tried in that court without a jury. The Appellate Court reversed the finding of the trial court, and on a certificate of importance granted by the Appellate Court the case has been brought here by appeal.

There seems to be no dispute as to the facts. Some time in July, 1917, one Lamberton, who was an automobile salesman, proposed to Forbes that if Forbes would loan him some money they could both make…