Burt Zaiser Co. v. Claussen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the City Court of Kewanee; the Hon H. Sterling Pomeroy, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Carnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
Burt Zaiser Company, a corporation, sued Herman Claussen and William Knight, as partners, in assumpsit, on a bill for $416.80 for a scale and groceries claimed to have been furnished by the plaintiff to the defendants. Claussen was not served and did not appear either as a party or as a witness. There was a verdict and judgment for the full amount ag*ainst Knight, and he prosecutes this writ of error. The controlling questions are whether Knight was a partner of Claussen at the time the goods were contracted for, and whether he…
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