Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. v. Arnold
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for the value of goods destroyed by fire. Appeal from the County Court of McLean County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Harker
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit in assumpsit by appellant to recover $406.35 for farm machinery which appellees were agents to sell for appellant and which was destroyed by fire while in the warehouse of appellees at Chenoa, Ills.
Appellees were dealers in hardware and farm machinery, selling on their own account and acting as agents for several manufacturing companies. They were special agents for appellant in territory adjacent to Chenoa to sell its binders, mowers, reapers and attachments, operating under a written and sealed contract dated…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Worrell v. ForsythIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- Stoneking v. LongAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
- George J. Cooke Co. v. PisanoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912