Bigelow v. Gregory
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lajcbert Tree, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Bigelow, appellant, against Charles A. Gregory, Franklin H. Watriss, Oramel S. Hough and ¡Reuben Hatch, as co-partners, doing business under the name and style of the Warfield Cold Water Soap Company, to recover for goods sold and delivered.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lajcbert Tree, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Bigelow, appellant, against Charles A. Gregory, Franklin H. Watriss, Oramel S. Hough and ¡Reuben Hatch, as co-partners, doing business under the name and style of the Warfield Cold Water Soap Company, to recover for goods sold and delivered. The defenclants in the court below jdeaded the general issue, and also interposed a further plea denying the partnership, verifying the same by affidavit. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and the issues found…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The only question here arising is, whether the defendants were exempt from individual liability by reason of having become a corporation.
The second section of the act of Wisconsin, under which defendants claim to have become incorporated, provides that, the persons who, by articles of agreement in writing, should associate according to the provisions of that law, and who should comply with the provisions of that chapter, should become a body politic and corporate, etc. Mot that they should so become by articles of agreement in writing, but the further thing was required, of a compliance with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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