Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Gray
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. C. W. Upton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the Great Western Telegraph Company, for the use of Elias E. Bowen, receiver, to recover from the defendant the sum of $875, being thirty-five per cent of the par value of one hundred shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff company, which the defendant had agreed to take and pay for. There was judgment for the defendant on a demurrer to the declaration, which judgment, on appeal, was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Second District, and from that judgment of affirmance the plaintiff brings error.
There had been an order of assessment of…
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