Legal Opinion

Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. v. Graham

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Writ of Error to the Branch “B” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Eoell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer

This case comes to this court by writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in favor of defendant in error, the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, a corporation, against Andrew J. Graham, plaintiff in error. A demurrer to the declaration was overruled and defendant pleaded to the merits. We adopt the statement of the case and of the evidence made by the Appellate Court, which we find to be substantially correct. A number of judgments had been rendered against William D. Kent before the making of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Davis v. PatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Utter v. E. S. Jaffray & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Freeland v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  2. State ex rel. Southern Colonization Co. v. Circuit Court for St. Croix CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Lowenstein v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1950

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