Cantwell v. Harding
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of deceit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. P. W. Gallagher, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 against appellant- in an action for deceit. The amended declaration consists of two counts. In the first of these the plaintiff avers that on or about December 3, 1904, he purchased of defendant a third of the capital stock of the Titze & Mullen Manufacturing Co., a corporation, and paid therefor $5,000 in cash; that defendant promised him the said corporation was doing a good and large business, was clearing $20,000 a year profits, and that plaintiff could draw $1,800 a year salary as one of the officers of the corporation; that confiding in such…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- N. C. Antle & Bro. v. SextonIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Safford v. GroutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Holdom v. AyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Van Horn v. KeenanIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Dickinson v. AtkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902