Lord v. Board of Trade
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellee brought this suit in assumpsit against appellants, partners, doing business under the firm name of Lord & Thomas. There were two special counts, in which a written contract was set out, wherein appellants agreed, in consideration of §25,000, to use their influence to establish certain industries in the city of Wichita, which they represented they had power to control and which they were about to establish in the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, and to induce capitalists to invest in real estate in said city of Wichita, and also agreed to sell real estate to be donated for the purpose, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cothran v. EllisIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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