Newlan v. Shafer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Aurora; the Hon. Eiohabd Gf. Mostony, Judge, presiding. In the year 1861, Thomas Newlan gave to Frederick Shafer an order on H. Buchanan & Co., of Chicago, for the sum of $100, payable in liquors, for which order Shafer gave Hewlan a horse, and his note for $20. Shortly thereafter, Shafer presented the order to Buchanan & Co., who accepted it, and delivered the liquors upon it to Shafer, who soon became dissatisfied with…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the City of Aurora; the Hon. Eiohabd Gf. Mostony, Judge, presiding. In the year 1861, Thomas Newlan gave to Frederick Shafer an order on H. Buchanan & Co., of Chicago, for the sum of $100, payable in liquors, for which order Shafer gave Hewlan a horse, and his note for $20. Shortly thereafter, Shafer presented the order to Buchanan & Co., who accepted it, and delivered the liquors upon it to Shafer, who soon became dissatisfied with their quality, and returned them to Buchanan & Co. Afterwards, Newlan told Shafer that if he would get the order back…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears that appellant gave to appellee an order on one Buchanan, a liquor dealer in Chicago, for one hundred dollars’ worth of liquors. That appellee gave for the order, a horse and his note for twenty dollars, which seems to have been transferred and subsequently paid. Appellee presented the order and obtained liquors, but being dissatisfied with their quality and regarding them worthless, he returned them to Buchanan, who returned the order to appellee, who offered to return it to appellant, but he refused to receive it or restore the property and money to appellee. He claims that in…
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