Bell v. Farwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jesse Holdom, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirming an order of the superior court of Cook county dismissing this suit on the motion of defendant, on the ground that the attorneys for plaintiff had no authority to commence and prosecute the same.
The suit was commenced on the 14th day of July, 1892, to recover the amount of defendant’s alleged liability as a stockholder in the Abilene Central Land Company, a Kansas corporation. It is averred in the declaration that on February 26,1890, the plaintiff recovered a judgment in the district court of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bell v. FarwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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