Trustees of Schools v. C. H. McCormick & Bros.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; the Hon. T. D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by Cyrus H. McCormick, William S. McCormick and Leander J. McCormick, as partners, under the style and firm of C. H. McCormick & Brothers, against the trustees of schools of township number forty, north range, three east of the third principal meridian, to recover the value of a reaping machine which had been placed by the…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; the Hon. T. D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by Cyrus H. McCormick, William S. McCormick and Leander J. McCormick, as partners, under the style and firm of C. H. McCormick & Brothers, against the trustees of schools of township number forty, north range, three east of the third principal meridian, to recover the value of a reaping machine which had been placed by the plaintiffs in the hands of one Goodrich, as their agent, for sale, and which Goodrich turned over to the defendants in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
Goodrich, being agent of the defendants in error at Malta, in De Kalb county, for the sale of reaping machines, and being also in debt to the trustees of school township 40 north range 3 east, for money loaned, turned over. to them a reaper in exchange for his note. The trustees sold the machine to one Buskirk, taking therefor his note secured by mortgage, which Buskirk paid after the commencement of this suit. The defendants in error brought this suit against the trustees for the value of the machine, and recovered.
We think it sufficiently appears that the trustees knew Goodrich had…
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- Barnett v. DawAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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