Legal Opinion

Doherty v. Schipper & Block

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1911PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. N. E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand

This was an action commenced by E. Doherty against Schipper & Block, a corporation, before a justice of the peace in Peoria county, to recover for eight weeks of service, at $25 per week, rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant as a milliner trimmer in its store, in the city of Peoria. The plaintiff recovered judgment for $200. The defendant appealed to the circuit court, where the case was tried before the court without a jury, and plaintiff recovered in that court judgment for $200. Schipper & Block prosecuted an appeal to the Appellate Court for the Second District, where the judgment…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Howard v. . DalyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Mount Hope Cemetery Ass'n v. WeidenmannIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Hamlin, Hale & Co. v. RaceIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Richardson v. Eagle Machine WorksIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Loyola University of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  2. Anthony J. Gasbarra v. Park-Ohio Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  3. United Protective Workers v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
  4. Dalton v. American Ammonia Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  5. J. Fred Creek v. Village of WesthavenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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