Bauman v. C. I. T. Corporation

P. W. Bauman instituted suit in the municipal court of Chicago against the C. I. T. Corporation and recovered judgment for $1000. The defendant made a motion to vacate the judgment and the motion was denied. The corporation prosecuted an appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District and that court affirmed the order denying the motion to vacate the judgment. Upon the corporation’s petition, the Appellate Court granted a certificate of importance and allowed a further appeal to this court.

Bauman, in his statement of claim filed in the municipal court, alleged the unlawful conversion by…