A. B. Dick Co. v. Sherwood Letter File Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. In August, 1888, the A. JB. Dick Company and the Sherwood Letter File Company were both going corporations organized under the laws of the State of Illinois and doing business in the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. In August, 1888, the A. JB. Dick Company and the Sherwood Letter File Company were both going corporations organized under the laws of the State of Illinois and doing business in the city of Chicago. The former was dealing in Edison mimeographs, — a device for multiplying copies of manuscript; and the latter was engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling various articles and devices of office and bank furniture,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
Complaint is made by appellant that at the hearing had at the time of the entry of the interlocutory decree the court received incompetent testimony, the tendency of which was to put a construction upon the contract that is inconsistent with its terms. "We deem it immaterial to inquire whether this is so or not, for the rule is, that on the hearing of a bill in equity the court will consider only such evidence as is competent, and that the admission of incompetent testimony at the hearing is no cause for reversal, provided the competent evidence in the record sustains the decree. (Kingman v.…
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