Bird v. Thanhouser
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John W. Houston, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The judgment involved in this writ of error, which was for $400 and costs, against the plaintiff in error in favor of defendant in error, must be reversed and the cause remanded for errors by the court below in the rulings on evidence.
The issues in the case turned on a contract made, if made at all, by a telegram sent by Bird (plaintiff below) to Thanhouser (defendant below) on or about August 24, 1908, and by the answer thereto by telegram of Thanhouser to Bird of August 25th. Two preceding telegrams between the parties have a bearing also on the case, and the statement of the material…
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