Campbell v. Millar
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for mules sold and delivered. Trial in the Circuit Court of St. Glair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaeffer, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the February term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bigelow
This appeal comes from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, which rendered a judgment against appellants in favor of appellee for the sum of $600. The facts are: ' Appellee was appointed guardian of Alex. McIlvain, an insane person, by the Probate Court of Johnson County, Missouri, in December, 1897. On January 5, 1898, appellee sold in Warrensburg, Missouri, to one Powell, 114 mules at the purchase price of $8,370, there being three different prices for three different classes of mules.
In the purchase of the mules, Powell represented himself to be the authorized agent of appellants, who…
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