Nash v. Classen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Prior to 1889 H. S. Gilbert operated several grain elevators in the vicinity of the city of Ottawa, one of which was located at Wedron, in LaSalle county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Prior to 1889 H. S. Gilbert operated several grain elevators in the vicinity of the city of Ottawa, one of which was located at Wedron, in LaSalle county. The general office where the business of the several elevators was mostly transacted in paying for grain, etc., was in the city of Ottawa, and the superintendency of the business in the several elevators was directed by Gilbert from that general office. Several years…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The first proposition submitted by appellants as a defense to this action and as the reason urged for a reversal of the judgment of the Appellate Court is, that the record contains no evidence legally sufficient to establish any liability on the part of defendants. Incidentally, under this head, we are asked to construe the contract entered into between appellants and Gilbert, for the purpose of determining whether or not the relation of principal and agent existed between them, thus also determining whether or not Smith was the agent of appellants, and authorized to enter into the contract…
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