Osgood v. Skinner

John Skinner and William H. Emerson, the defetidants in error, suing for the use of the said John Skinner, brought their action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Cook county against J. C. Osgood, plaintiff in error, to recover the par value, with interest, of 325 shares of capital stock of the Whitebreast Fuel Company, a corporation of the State of Iowa. The action was upon a contract in writing executed by said parties, which recited that defendant had bought from plaintiffs certain coal mining properties in Fulton county, Illinois, for the agreed consideration of $100,000, which was paid…