Gilbert v. Forest City Furniture Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Replevin.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1897. Reversed and remanded. Opinion filed December 16, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
Appellee, which was a manufacturing corporation, doing business at Rockford, Illinois, in February and May, 1893, sold certain furniture, in question in this case, to one Cronenberger, a retail furniture dealer having his place of business in Chicago. The furniture was to be shipped at once, but there was delay both in the shipment and also in the delivery by the railway company of parts of it, which resulted in negotiations and correspondence between appellee and Cronenberger, both regarding the return of the furniture to appellee, and also its storage with said Cronenberger, and on which…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ketchum v. WatsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Klein v. SeiboldIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Rosencranz & Weber Co. v. HanchettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
- Orr, Saddler & Co. v. GilbertAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
- Hutchinson v. OswaldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1885