Chicago Heights Land Ass'n v. Butler
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Declaration for commissions; plea, general issue and affidavit of merits; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee sued the appellant for commissions, earned, as he claimed, in procuring or aiding to procure, at the request of the appellant, the location of a manufacturing establishment upon the land of the appellant.
Whether he did aid was disputed, and that he was requested, was denied. It does not appear, though it is fairly inferable, that the location was made; for each party tried to prove how many men were employed, but objected to the proof being made by the other, and the court sustained the objection of each.
On this state of facts the court, for the appellee, instructed the jury:
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