Legal Opinion

Lamson v. West

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 21, 1916PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Graves

Appellant is a farmer and grain buyer at Glenavon, McLean county, Illinois, where he had two grain elevators having a joint capacity of 35,000 bushels of corn. Appellees are partners in the brokerage business and are members of the Chicago Board of Trade, maintaining offices in Chicago and a branch office in Bloomington, which was in charge of and managed by one Kelly. Appellant “did business” with appellees for several months. This “business”-consisted of ostensibly buying and selling grain in the Chicago markets. All told the “business” transactions aggregated about 1,700,000 bushels of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pope v. HankeIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Jamieson v. WallaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. R. E. Pratt & Co. v. AshmoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Weare Commission Co. v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Nash-Wright Co. v. WrightAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Glasgow v. NichollsWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Salzman v. BoeingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1940
  3. Campbell v. McConnelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
  4. Ehrlich v. RothschildAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
  5. Estate of Towne v. Claim of BuckleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923

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