Voltz v. National Bank of Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. _ This cause is brought to this court by appeal, on a certificate of importance from the Appellate Court for the First District. On and for some time prior to June 3, 1893, there was in the city of Chicago an association known as the “Chicago Clearing House.”
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G-. Windes, Judge, presiding. _ This cause is brought to this court by appeal, on a certificate of importance from the Appellate Court for the First District. On and for some time prior to June 3, 1893, there was in the city of Chicago an association known as the “Chicago Clearing House.” The membership of that association comprised certain of the Chicago banks, and its purpose was to facilitate the daily settlement between those banks. The National Bank…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
There was no real inconsistency in the rulings of the trial court upon the written propositions submitted to it, in holding proposition 1 and refusing to hold propositions'2, 7 and 9 as law in the decision of the case. Assuming it to be true that, while appellee represented Herman Schaffner & Co. in the clearing house, the relation that existed between them -was that of principal and agent, yet that relation ceased to exist early on the morning of June 3, 1893, when Herman Schaffner & Co. made a general assignment for the benefit of their creditors and ceased doing business, and appellee…
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