Legal Opinion

Doherty v. Schipper & Block, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 18, 1910No. Gen. No. 5331PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. E. Wobthington, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell

Mrs. E. Doherty, the appellee, is a milliner trimmer. She was employed to work for Schipper & Block, Incorporated, the appellant, for eighteen weeks, at $25 per week, and was paid each Monday evening for the preceding week. At the end of the ninth week, she was discharged. She went to appellant’s place of business on Monday and on Tuesday of the next week and was refused permission to work. She was paid for all the time she worked. At the end of the tenth week she brought a suit before a justice of the peace and filed in that suit a bill of particulars as follows: “One week’s salary as…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Clark v. MarsigliaCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
  2. Edgerton v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Mount Hope Cemetery Ass'n v. WeidenmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Evans v. HowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Hartford Deposit Co. v. CalkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bowden v. Board of Education of School District No. 41Appellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  2. Burns v. ShoemakerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  3. Paris Flouring Co. v. Imperial Cotto Milling Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913
  4. Sankstone v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  5. Vincent v. RilingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912

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