W. W. Kimball Co. v. Polakow
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas N. Jett, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This appeal is from a decree of the Superior Court sustaining the demurrer of Virginia Volini, appellee, to the bill of W. W. Kimball Company, appellant, to foreclose a chattel mortgage upon a pipe organ in the building known as the “Douglas Park Auditorium.” The chattel mortgage was made by Samuel Polakow, then the owner of the building. It was signed by him in person, but was not acknowledged by him in person. It was acknowledged by one B. H. Murphy, as attorney in fact for Polakow, under and by virtue of a power of attorney empowering him to acknowledge the mortgage. No other power was…
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- Gosselin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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