Fox v. Ryan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that' court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axer Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
This is an action of assumpsit, begun in the superior court of Cook county, to recover $4000 commissions claimed by appellee, plaintiff below, to be due him for services as a broker in effecting a sale of mining stock for appellant. The declaration contained the common counts only, to which the general issue was pleaded.
The appellant and two other parties owned, in round numbers, 156,000 shares of stock in the Golden Star Mining Company, whose property was situated in Utah. The greater portion of the stock was owned by appellant. Appellee is a broker, with offices in the city of Chicago.…
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