Legal Opinion
Gannon v. Tyree
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 12, 1909No. Gen. No. 14,358PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Assumpsit. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Foster, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
TMs cause was tried in the Municipal Court before a judge thereof without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in a finding and judgment for the amount of plaintiff’s claim, $1,000, and defendant prosecutes this writ of error in an effort to have that judgment reversed.
The cause of action rests on the rights of the parties as they appear from a contract consisting of a letter from the defendant to plaintiff and one Emmet L. Siver, and their acceptance of it in these words:
“Chicago, Feb. 9th, 1907.
Messes. Thomas J. Gannon and E. L. Siver,
Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen: You are hereby appointed as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weinberg v. BlumNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
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