Castle v. Bullard
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. The plaintiffs in error were auctioneers and commission merchants in Chicago, Illinois, the firm being composed of Joseph Eilkins, J. P. Phillips, Elihu Granger, and Edward H. Castle. An action on the case was brought against them by Bullard, a citizen of the State of New York.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. The plaintiffs in error were auctioneers and commission merchants in Chicago, Illinois, the firm being composed of Joseph Eilkins, J. P. Phillips, Elihu Granger, and Edward H. Castle. An action on the case was brought against them by Bullard, a citizen of the State of New York. The declaration contained five counts, viz : 1. That these four defendants were partners, doing business in Chicago, as auctioneers and commission merchants, under the firm and name of Eilkins,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois.
Edward F. Bullard, a citizen of the State of New York, complained in the court below of Joseph Filkins, J. P. Phillips, Elihu Granger, and Edward H. Castle, in a plea of trespass on the case, alleging, at the same time, that they were partners, doing business as commission- merchants at Chicago, in the State of Illinois,' under the style and firm of Filkins, Phillips, & Company.
According to the transcript', the declaration was filed on the seventh day of July, 1856. As amended, it…
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