Rouse, Hazard & Co. v. Western Wheel Works
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, upon a contract of sale. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Both parties are Illinois corporations engaged in the .manufacture and sale of bicycles, and on December 15, 1893, entered-into a written contract, of that date, concerning the agency and sale within a specified territory, by the appellant, of the wheels of the appellee. The location and principal office of the appellant was at Peoria, and that of appellee was at Chicago.
By the terms of the contract it was to continue in force during the year 1894, unless sooner terminated in the manner provided therein, and an option was given…
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