Legal Opinion

Mayer v. Hirsch, Stein & Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 6, 1918No. Gen. No. 23,984PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Wells M. Cook, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1918.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomson

This was a suit brought in the Municipal Court of Chicago, in which the plaintiff, Mayer, sought to recover from the defendant, Hirsch, Stein & Company, damages in the sum of $400 for an alleged breach of contract. After the filing of an amended statement of claim by the plaintiff, and an affidavit of merits thereto by the defendant, there was a motion by the latter to dismiss the suit on the pleadings, which motion was allowed and judgment entered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

The contract set forth in the plaintiff’s amended statement of claim was an oral…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wilson v. . Lewiston Mill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Heideman v. WolfsteinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. Fowler Elevator Co. v. CottrellNebraska Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Chapman v. Freeport Securities Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988
  2. Charm Tred Mills, Inc. v. Erle P. Halliburton, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
  3. Westgate v. City of AuroraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923
  4. Lefler v. Board of School InspectorsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1926
  5. Shelbourne Mills v. Bradford Clothing Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1929

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