Illinois Central Railroad v. Cobb, Christy & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lawrence
During the winter of 1864-5, Cobb, Christy & Co., appellees, were engaged in furnishing corn and oats at Cairo for the use of the army. They made large purchases of these articles ■through one Fallís, along the line of the Illinois Central Railroad. The shipments were made to Cobb, Blaisdell & Co., for account of Cobb, Christy & Co., the senior member of each firm being the same person. These firms had a contract with the government, made in the name of Cobb, on the 10th of January, 1865, for the delivery at Cairo of five hundred thousand bushels of corn and one hundred thousand of oats, at…
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