Stone v. Moore
Illinois Supreme Court
The complainants by their bill allege that they were, during the month of December, 1859, and subsequent thereto, partners, and that as such, said complainants, during the month of December, and subsequently thereto, placed in the hands of defendant, Moore, in all the sum of $1,950, to be invested in corn for complainants.
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The complainants by their bill allege that they were, during the month of December, 1859, and subsequent thereto, partners, and that as such, said complainants, during the month of December, and subsequently thereto, placed in the hands of defendant, Moore, in all the sum of $1,950, to be invested in corn for complainants. That Moore, shortly after the receipt of said money, invested the same in corn for the complainants, and held the same in his warehouse, in trust for complainants, and executed to complainants his two warehouse receipts for three thousand bushels of corn each, making six…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The principal question in this case comes up on Moore’s supplemental answer of June 27, to the complainants’ bill. In that answer, he states that complainants never authorized him to insure their corn on storage—that it was not the custom of warehousemen at Havanna to insure property held as warehousemen or on storage; that he did not intend to insure property held by him as a warehouseman—that he gave no representation to the companies that would cover the corn of the complainants, and paid no premium therefor—that he never reported to complainants that he had insured their corn, because he…
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