Whitlock v. Hicks
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county; the Hon. William Browst, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Samuel Hicks against Benjamin C. Whitlock. Both the parties resided at Warren, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. The opinion states the facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Plaintiff below commenced an action of assumpsit against the defendant, in the Jo Daviess Circuit Court. The declaration contained two special and the common counts. It was claimed that plaintiff employed defendant as a broker, to sell for him in Chicago a large quantity of wheat, at different specified prices, which he did; that plaintiff furnished him a specified sum of money as a margin. The wheat thus sold was to be delivered by plaintiff, at his option, at any time during the month of August, 1872. That defendant, without the knowledge or consent of plaintiff, purchased wheat to fill the…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Paulsen v. ManskeIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Morris v. WarlickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Norbom Engineering Co. v. A. H. Cox & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1922
- Woerishoffer v. Lake Erie & Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1887