Legal Opinion
Chicago Litho Plate Graining Company, Ltd. v. Allstate Can Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 28, 1988No. 87-2111PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
By applying basic principles of contract formation and assignment, the magistrate found that the preponderance of the evidence mandated that defendant Allstate Can Company (Allstate) owed plaintiff Chicago Litho Plate Graining Company (Chicago Litho) $30,625.00 plus interest for failing to perform its side of a bargain. We agree, and affirm for the reasons that follow.
We begin by reciting both the stipulated and contested facts from the record on appeal. Chicago Litho, an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business in Chicago, sued Allstate, a foreign…
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