Donnell Manufacturing Co. v. Jones
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorándum.—Action on a private bond. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County; the Hon. Edmund D. Youngblood, Circuit Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, A. D. 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion OP THE CoUBT,
ScOEIELD, J.
The Donnell Manufacturing Company, appellant, vendor of grocers’ and druggists’ specialties, having its headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri, and doing business in many States, among them the State of Illinois, employed Oliver C. Fitts, in July, 1888, to sell its goods on commission and to collect its accounts in Southern Illinois. Before the contract of employment was made, Fitts was required to give bond for the faithful performance of certain obligations. He wrote the bond in appellant’s office in St. Louis, copying it from a similar bond furnished him by…
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- Estate of Rapp v. Phœnix InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Stoner v. MillikinIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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