Hinchliffe ex rel. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. v. Wenig Teaming Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

Counsel for defendant contends that the verdict and judgment are not supported by the evidence. No point is made that the verdict is excessive. While the testimony of some of defendant’s witnesses is in sharp conflict with the testimony of plaintiff’s witnesses in some particulars, plaintiff’s evidence discloses, in substance, the following facts: The plaintiff, Hinchliffe, was and had been for twenty years engaged in the teaming business in Chicago. He had an arrangement with Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company to do certain teaming…