Legal Opinion

Moon ex rel. Heddon v. Roberts

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 21, 1914No. Gen. No. 19,270Published

Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph Sabath, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Smith

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this action appellee, Moon, for the use of his assignee, Heddon, seeks to recover from appellant, Roberts, the minimum amount of license fees or royalties per month from July 17, 1909, until May 17, 1911, which it is alleged appellant Roberts agreed to pay Moon by a written agreement made on July 17, 1907. The plaintiff, appellee, had judgment below on an instructed verdict for $3,600.

The principal question on which the case turns is the construction to be given to the contract and particularly the seventh paragraph thereof.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Street v. Chicago Wharfing & Storage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Field v. LeiterIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Wing v. . Ansonia Clock Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  4. Robinson v. StowIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  5. Preston v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

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