Legal Opinion

Trunkey v. Hedstrom

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1890PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook ■county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin

Appellants sued appellees in assumpsit, in the Superior Court of Cook county, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by them on account of a failure to deliver 7500 tons of anthracite coal, in pursuance of the terms of a contract alleged to have been made between the parties in the month of October, 1880.

The original declaration consisted of five counts, each of which avers that the price to be paid for such coal was fixed by the terms of said agreement. After the case had been twice tried on this declaration,—a jury failing to agree on the first, and a new trial being awarded on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bagley v. FindlayIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Smith v. DunlapIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
  3. Langley v. DodsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Co. v. National Live Stock BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Doggett v. GreeneIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Schuppenhauer v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  4. Jackson v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
  5. Comstock v. PriceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902

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