Bee v. Tierney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Account stated. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W, Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The court directed the jury to find a verdict for the defendants, the appellees. The appellant is the executrix of her late husband, Joseph Bee, who commenced this suit, but died while the suit was pending. The object of the suit is to recover for goods sold by Joseph Bee in his lifetime, as it is alleged, to the appellees, doing business as M. J. Tierney & Co.
The appellant made no effort to prove the actual sale and delivery of the goods, but endeavored to recover upon an account stated. She put in evidence a copy of a page of what we shall assume was the ledger of the appellees, showing a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- B. S. Green Co. v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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