Hough v. Commercial Wheat Growers Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin M. Gridley, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term,T917. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett
Appellants were the directors of a corporation organized in October, 1911, in the Dominion of Canada, under the Manitoba Joint Stock Company’s Act.' By the decree appealed from they were held jointly liable with said corporation for deceit and fraud in procuring the execution of a contract with appellee, and were directed to return to her the sum of $8,375 obtained by the corporation under the contract.
The defendant corporation did not defend against the charges of fraud and does not appeal from the decree.
Although a Manitoba corporation, the general offices of the company were in Chicago,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Donovan v. PurtellIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Morgan v. . SkiddyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Joseph T. Ryerson & Son v. ShawIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Miller v. JohnIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Longley v. WilkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
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