Cooke v. Orne
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error at the June term, 1858. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment, and the defendant sued out a writ of error. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
In the year 1854, Hulme & White leased from Cooke, the plaintiff in error, a hotel in Chicago, called the Young America, then newly built. Hulme went to Philadelphia to purchase furniture. He there saw one Henkle, a dealer in cabinet furniture, and Orne, the defendant in error, plaintiff below, who was a dealer in carpets. He offered them Cooke as security for his proposed purchases, and at his suggestion, Henkle visited Chicago to ascertain the pecuniary condition of these parties. On his return to Philadelphia, Henkle wrote Hulme & White that himself and Orne would sell the goods on six,…
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