Lester v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook county, in the suit of Berkowitz v. Lester et al., imposing a fine upon John T. Lester of $200, for contempt in refusing to comply with an order of that court. Berkowitz brought suits in assumpsit for profits on the purchase and sale of certain stocks, the declaration containing only the common counts. Lester & Co., defendants, were stock brokers. The defendants filed the general issue.
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This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook county, in the suit of Berkowitz v. Lester et al., imposing a fine upon John T. Lester of $200, for contempt in refusing to comply with an order of that court. Berkowitz brought suits in assumpsit for profits on the purchase and sale of certain stocks, the declaration containing only the common counts. Lester & Co., defendants, were stock brokers. The defendants filed the general issue. Berkowitz claimed that between March 1 and April 10, 1884, he bought and sold stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, through Lester &…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope
In the original suit of Berkowitz v. Lester et al., out of which this controversy arises, the circuit court made an order upon the defendants to place the books in which the business transactions of the defendants with the plaintiff and other persons were entered, and^ showing all transactions in which the defendants, as a firm and as individuals, were in any way interested, in the possession of the clerk of the court, that they might be inspected by the plaintiff and his attorney, with leave to examine and take copies, in order that they might, as it was-claimed, prepare for the trial of…
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