Prairie State Grain & Elevator Co. v. Wrede

Mr. Presiding Justice Graves

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee, a corporation of Chicago engaged in the buying of grain from grain dealers and reselling it in eastern and southern markets, obtained, a judgment agáinst appellant, a grain dealer at Piper City, Illinois, in the circuit court of Ford county, for $1,140, on the claim that appellant had sold to appellee 2,000 bushels of com to be delivered during the year 1917 at $1.04 per bushel; that appellant failed to deliver the com as agreed, and that appellee was damaged by such failure to the amount of the judgment secured.…