Heldt v. Watts

Plaintiff O’Brien (now deceased) brought suit against defendant in the superior court of Cook county to recover damages for alleged negligent performance of a contract to move her house and transplant trees from one location in the town of Fox Lake, county of Lake, in the State of Illinois, to another location in the same town, and for conversion of some burlap delivered to defendant in Fox Lake, to be used in moving said trees. A judgment by default was entered on November 14, 1944, in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, for $3,000 and costs.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff is a…