Penn Plate Glass Co. v. James H. Rice Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First'District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P. Vail, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by plaintiff, against the defendant, in the circuit court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First'District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. P. Vail, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced by plaintiff, against the defendant, in the circuit court of Cook county. The case was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment against the defendant for the sum of $15,000. An appeal was prosecuted to the Appellate Court for the First District, where the judgment was reversed and the cause was remanded for a new trial; (88 Ill. App. 407.) On the case being re-instated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The only controversy between the parties to this suit is over the amount for which the plaintiff is entitled to recover judgment against the defendant for the breach of the contract entered into by them June 26, 1896, the liability of the defendant being admitted. The question of the amount for which judgment shall be rendered, in a case like this, is a question of. fact, and the Appellate Court having fixed the amount of the defendant’s liability by its findings of fact and having rendered judgment against the defendant for the amount thus found, its findings of fact upon the question of the…
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