Perlman v. Thomas Paper Stock Co.

This action was started in the circuit court of Cook county to recover on an alleged verbal contract. The complaint filed by appellee, Samuel C. Perlman, contained two counts. They were designated as a count at law, and a count in equity, as provided by Rule No. 11 of this court. (370 Ill. 18.) Count one, the law count, charged that appellant, the Thomas Paper Stock Company, was engaged in the business of purchasing and disposing of newspaper refuse, and, being desirous of obtaining the waste paper business of the Chicago Tribune, it entered into a verbal contract with appellee whereby he was…