M. W. Powell Co. v. Finn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr- Presiding- Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant, a corporation, brought assumpsit against the appellees, Finn and thirty others, who, it is alleged, constituted the members of a voluntary association known as the La Grange Land & Improvement Association, of which the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. was trustee under certain articles of association entered into between twenty-three of the appellees and Robert A. Ilelliwell and Edward Carqueville as members of the association. The other two were made defendants and pleaded the general issue and separate pleas denying joint…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Griffith v. FurryIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
- Davis v. ScarrittIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
- Yocum v. BensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Pease v. AppletonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898