Illinois Linen Co. v. Hough

This was an action of assumpsit upon the common counts, by Roselle M. Hough against The Illinois Linen Company, resulting in a verdict and judgment- for the plaintiff for $15,000. The defendant appealed, and assigns for error the giving and refusing of instructions, and that the verdict is not supported by the evidence.

The plaintiff’s claim was of the amount of $25,000, embracing various items of accpunt. One item was 809 tons of flax fibre, $10—$8090. Touching this, the court below, on the part of the plaintiff, instructed the jury, in substance, that if the minds of the plaintiff and one…