Lurie v. Rock Falls Manufacturing Co.

Appellee, Julius Lurie, began suit in the city court of the City of Sterling against appellant, Bock Falls Manufacturing Company, a corporation, to recover $500 which was an advanced payment on a contract for the purchase of two hearses. There was a trial by jury, a verdict and judgment against appellant for $500 and this appeal was prosecuted.

Appellee fives in New York City, and appellant was doing business in Sterling, Illinois. On September 18, 1922, appellee signed an order with a salesman of appellant for two hearses at a cost of $9,000. Five hundred dollars was to be paid in cash;…