Knotts v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
•Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Foster, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch
In the summer of 1905, Armanis F. Knotts, the appellant (plaintiff in the court below), who was a real estate agent, located at Hammond, Indiana, learned that the United States Steel Company desired to build a new plant and that it was looking for land in Indiana for that purpose. The Steel Company’s attorney asked the plaintiff if he had any of that kind listed for sale; and at his suggestion appellant saw Judge Gary, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Steel Company, regarding the matter. Judge Gary told him that if the Steel Company could find a good location and the price was…
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