Legal Opinion

Webster v. Granger

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1875PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese

This was assumpsit, on the common counts, for goods (flax seed), sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendants, brought to the Superior Court of Cook county, resulting, on a trial by the court without a jury, in a finding and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal, and insist the finding is not sustained by the evidence—that, at most, it establishes a contract of sale, and not an actual sale of the flax seed.

Appellants contend, they had a reasonable time in which to examine and remove the goods, and until that time elapsed the title was not in them.

The flax seed was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Michigan Central Railroad v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Noble v. DoughtenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
  2. Wadhams v. BalfourOregon Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Bank of Commerce v. MillerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
  4. American Banking Co. v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1927
  5. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. v. Mallory, Son & Zimmerman Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1894

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