Schwartz v. Messinger
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. N. Carter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
On September 17, 1895, Leon Hornstein, who did business as a printer in Chicago under the name of “Horn-stein Bros. ,”made an assignment under the statute for the benefit of his creditors, to Joseph H. Francis. Before his assignment Hornstein had a contract to furnish to B. F. Norris, Allister & Co. a catalogue, for the price of §3800. About the middle of July, 1895, Hornstein bought from appellee paper to the value of $1205.52 to use in making the catalogue. At the time this paper was purchased, and as an inducement to appellee to sell the same, Horn-stein promised to pay for it out of the…
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