Gustus v. Murdock
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. F. D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
J. E. (Justus brought suit in assumpsit against T. D. Murdock and R. Y. Field in the Circuit Court of Rock Island county. The declaration contains the common counts. The plaintiff, after a rule had been entered, filed a bill of particulars showing that the suit was brought to recover commissions amounting to $504.52 on the sale of Canadian lands sold by defendants for the Calgary Colonization Company in territory in which plaintiff claimed he had the exclusive right to sell such lands. The defendants filed the general issue, three special pleas of release and a fifth plea, being a fourth…
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