O'Dea v. Throm

Defendant in error, Cora O’Dea, obtained a judgment in the circuit court of Coles county for the sum of $5,100 against plaintiff in error, John E. Throm, in an action of assumpsit brought to recover commissions for procuring the sale of certain real estate, to reverse which judgment this writ of error is prosecuted.

In 1925, Cora O’Dea, defendant in error, resided, with her husband, at Mattoon, Illinois, and had lived in that city for 35 years prior to the bringing of this suit. John E. Throm, plaintiff in error, at that time was also a resident of the city of Mattoon and had lived there for a…