Jewell Belting Co. v. Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. Both the parties to this appeal are corporations. The appellant sued appellee in assumpsit.
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Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. Both the parties to this appeal are corporations. The appellant sued appellee in assumpsit. The declaration contains two counts and is as follows: “Jewell Belting Company, a corporation, plaintiff, by Rogers & Mahoney, its attorneys, complains of Hamilton Rubber Company, a corporation, in a plea of trespass on the case on promises. For that whereas heretofore, to-wit: on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1900, at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
FTeither party contends that there was not an acceptance by appellee of appellant’s proposition contained in its letter of February 24, 1900, and the goods in question were delivered by appellee to appellant after the letter of March 1, 1900, from appellant to appellee was written. The letters of February 24th and 27th were put in evidence, and the contract evidenced by them is clearly, as we think, that appellee would sell the 5-inch belting, which is the only belting mentioned in the letter of February 24th, to appellant, on its orders, according to the samples mentioned in appellant’s…
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- Underwood v. WolfIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Iroquois Furnace Co. v. Wilkin Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Morris v. WibauxIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Wheelock v. BerkeleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Bright v. KenefickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
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- Jewell Belting Co. v. Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912