Strawn Farmers' Elevator Co. v. James E. Bennett & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final.)
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
The Strawn Farmers’ Elevator Company, a corporation, owned and operated an elevator at Strawn, Illinois, and another at Risk, a mile or two distant, where it bought, stored, sold and shipped grain. One J. W. Jordan was in charge of these elevators under a written contract. During the time of such employment he speculated on the Board of Trade in Chicago in the name of the Elevator Company, through James E. Bennett, a broker, formerly doing business as Thomas Bennett & Co., later as James E. Bennett & Co. To pay losses sustained in these speculating transactions, Jordan gave Bennett two checks…
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