Williams v. Fletcher
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gwynn Garnett, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Gwynn Garnett, Judge, presiding. On the 8th day of October, 1883, one Horace P. Fletcher and Eldred C. Williams entered into the following agreement: “This agreement, made on this 18th day of October, 1883, by and between Horace P. Fletcher, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and Eldred C. Williams, of the city of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts: “■Witnesseth, that whereas, the said Williams is possessed of the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
A reversal of the judgment of the Appellate Court is urged here on the single ground that the finding and decree of the •Superior Court were contrary to the law and the evidence. Appellants insist that by the payment of the $20,000 by Wil-' liams to Horace Fletcher, under the agreement of October 8, 1883, and the subsequent transactions between them, two hundred of the shares of stock issued to Horace by the Japanese Development Company, and by him indorsed to appellee, became and were the property of Williams, and that Horace had no right or authority to indorse them to appellee. Appellee,…
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