Slater v. Pomeroy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the City Court of E. St. Louis; the Hon. W. J. N. Moyers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
In the month of August, 1905, one Sherwin shipped thirty head of horses from Colorado to the National Stock Yards in St. Clair county, Illinois, consigned to appellant, who was engaged in the live stock commission business at that place, for sale on commission. After the arrival of the horses at the stock yards appellant showed them to appellee, a horse buyer, pricing them at $25 a head. Appellee refused to pay this price and later purchased of Sherwin, the owner, at $22.50 a head. Almost immediately after appellee bought the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Martensen v. ArnoldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898