Foley Brokerage Co. v. Feldman Bros. Commission, Inc.

Mr. Presiding Justice Lewe

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this appeal defendant seeks to reverse a judgment for $832.78 entered on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for wrongful garnishment of plaintiff’s funds. The essential facts are uncontroverted.

In 1938 defendant corporation obtained an alleged judgment in the circuit court of Cook county for the sum of $723.80 and costs of $30.50 against Western Tree Company, “a corporation.” Western Tree Company was merely a trade name used by C. G-. Sherman. In that proceeding Sherman, a resident of Kalispel, Montana, was not…