Legal Opinion

Titcomb v. James

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 10, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Memorandum.—Trespass. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Gogols, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the October term, 1894. Statement oe the Case. The defendant in error purchased of the plaintiffs in error certain goods, upon the monthly installment plan, and executed her notes, secured by chattel mortgage on the goods, for the deferred payments.

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Memorandum.—Trespass. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Gogols, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the October term, 1894. Statement oe the Case. The defendant in error purchased of the plaintiffs in error certain goods, upon the monthly installment plan, and executed her notes, secured by chattel mortgage on the goods, for the deferred payments. The defendant in error paid the notes until some time in September, 1891; about the 7th of October she returned from a hospital. In the meantime several of the notes became due. The collector for Titcomb & Pratt, on said 7th…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only connection which the defendant, Titcomb, .seems to have had with this affair is, that as one of the firm of Titcomb & Pratt, he was interested in the sale of the goods, and in the mortgage and notes given therefor; and being informed by the collector of the firm that Mrs. James complained that some of the goods sold to her were of an inferior quality, and that she insisted such inferior goods should be taken away and be replaced with goods of the quality she claimed to have purchased, he told one of the employes of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rosenkrans v. Barker.Illinois Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Grund v. Van VleckIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Pardridge v. BradyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1881
  4. Becker v. DupreeIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Schloss v. SilvermanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  2. Henry Myers & Co. v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
  3. Polis v. HeizmannSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Maxwell v. HabelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
  5. Callahan v. HylandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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