Federal Life Insurance v. Griffin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Cook county, annulling a contract between appellant and the appellee, Griffin, and enjoining appellees from prosecuting suits at law based upon said contract, upon the condition that within sixty days from the date of the decree appellant shall pay into court for the use of appellees, the sum of $93,739.65.
It appears from the pleadings and proofs that the appellee, Griffin, in 1898 or 1899 conceived the idea that he had some new and original plans and methods for selling life insurance policies; that filled with this idea, he devoted…
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