Whipple v. Tucker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in trover. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justioe Smith
delivered the opinion of the court. ■
It is urged in behalf of appellants that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the custom among brokers in the city of Chicago who are members of the Stock Exchange.
The witness, Ailing, to whom the question was propounded had testified that he was a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange, but he had not testified to any knowledge of the rules or custom of the exchange, or that there was any general custom among stock brokers, or that appellee had knowledge of it. The proper foundation had not been laid therefore for the…
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