Ballance v. Vanuxem
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;-—-heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The appellees recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Cook county against appellant in an action of assumpsit brought by them on a written contract executed by them and appellant. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment, and appellant took this his further appeal to this court.
By agreement in the trial court a jury was waived, and the issues were submitted to the court for trial.
The contract was made on May 1, 1889, and by it the appellees, who were the general agents of the New York Life Insurance Company for the State of Illinois, appointed appellant, Ballance, agent of the company…
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