Sturges v. Keith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was an action of trover, brought in the circuit court of Cook county, by appellee against appellants, to recover for the alleged wrongful conversion of 250 shares of the common stock of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company.
It appears from .the evidence, that, in May, 1864, the appellants, Frank Sturges, Albert Sturges, George Sturges, Buckingham Sturges and Shelton Sturges, were engaged as co-partners in the business of banking, under the firm name of Solomon Sturges’ Sons; that the appellant William Sturges, was not a member of the firm, but a managing agent thereof; that appellee,…
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