Legal Opinion
Gerut v. Poe
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 7, 1951No. 50 C 449PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LA BUY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, residents of Illinois, bring this action to recover damages for breach of written contract. Defendant partners are citizens of Iowa. The defendant partnership is authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to transport freight between Chicago, Illinois and the State of Iowa and in this connection the plaintiff alleges that defendants “being desirous of obtaining freight shipments from Chicago, Illinois and its commercial area to points and places in the State of Iowa, induced the plaintiffs to enter into the contract” as a solicitor of motor freight…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lewis v. West Side Trust & Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
- Madden v. Truckaway CorporationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1942
- Davies v. MahanesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Davies v. MahanesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1949
- Schneir v. TishmanAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1941
3Cited by3 opinions
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