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Gibson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1907PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. L. C. Ruth, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The appellee, Jacob N. Gibson, recovered a judgment for $1200 in the circuit court óf Cook county against the appellant, the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, in an action on the case for wrongfully procuring the discharge of appellee from his employment by the Union Drop Forge Company, and the Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment.

At the conclusion of the evidence the trial court overruled the motion of the defendant to direct a .verdict of not guilty and refused to give an instruction tendered for that purpose. The overruling of the motion and refusing to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. HornIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. MillonasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Carpenters' Union v. Citizens Committee to Enforce the Landis AwardIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Johnson v. Ætna Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Madison v. WigalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
  5. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 134District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1924

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