Siegel v. A. H. Andrews & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. The Colby Testing Machine Company, a corporation, the owner of a patent apparatus for testing lungs, registering weight of persons, etc., sold a license to use and sell its patent in the State of Missouri to appellants and several other gentlemen, by contract dated December 27, 1888, for $15,000,—$5000 of which was to be paid in cash, $5000 in six months and $5000 in twelve months. Annexed to and part of the same agreement is a…
1Per curiam
In deciding the case the Appellate Court delivered an opinion, of which the following, with a few slight, changes, is a copy:
“Appellants have each separately assigned fifty-four errors, or one hundred and eight in all, all of which are urged upon the consideration of the court. We are of the opinion that their substance may be fully stated, viz.: First, that the chancellor was in error in holding that the stockholders did not fully pay for their stock, but only paid fifteen per cent of its par value; second, that it was error to dismiss the cross-bill as to defendants who answered and had a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Miltimore v. FerryIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Palmer v. WoodsIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Parker v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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