Johnson v. Niles Invisible Door Check Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Chables M. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morrill
Defendant in error, Anna C. Johnson, who was plaintiff in the court below, brought suit in the circuit court of Cook county in an action of trespass on the case. It is alleged in the first count of the declaration that in the month of January, 1917, plaintiff purchased from the defendants for the sum of $5,000, fifty shares of the preferred capital stock of the Niles Invisible Door Check Company; that she was induced to make said purchases by the false and fraudulent representations of the defendants as to the financial responsibility of said company, the condition of its business, the…
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