Gilbert v. National Cash Register Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee before William S. Everett, a justice of the peace, to recover from appellant the value of a cash register.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellee before William S. Everett, a justice of the peace, to recover from appellant the value of a cash register. Appellee, through its agent, took an order for a cash register from one W. H. Luther, which order was dated May 12, 1891, and is as follows: “Chicago, 5/12, 1891. “To the National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio: “Gentlemen—Please ship to me at my place of business, No. 106…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This was a suit tried by agreement before the judge of the court below without a jury. No propositions were submitted to the court by the appellant to be held as law in the decision of the case. The instrument, set forth in the statement of facts preceding this opinion, was offered in evidence by the appellee, and was received in evidence by the court over the objection of appellant. The appellant objected to the introduction in evidence of said instrument, and of the notes therein mentioned, “upon the ground that they were incompetent, immaterial and irrelevant, and upon the ground that the…
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