Legal Opinion

Brown v. Rounsavell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1875PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action of debt on a penal bond, brought by Rounsavell, the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, Brown, and Hanson, Wulf and Farrart, the obligors in the bond.

The declaration recites that Hanson and Wulf, on September 4, 1871, made an agreement with Rounsavell, by which the latter granted to Hanson and Wulf the right to purchase from him the -Etna sewing machine and accessories, for the sale thereof within the county of Cook, he reserving the right to canvass and sell in said territory.

In consideration of which agreement, Hanson and Wulf agreed to deal exclusively in…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. In re GreeneU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio · 1892
  2. Union Pacific Coal Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  3. State ex inf. Hadley v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  4. United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
  5. Whitwell v. Continental Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903

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