Smith v. Preston
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for breach of written contract. Trial in the Superior Court of Cook County, the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding. Judgment for defendant; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
This was an action of assumpsit by appellant against Ellen H. Preston, executrix, and John L. Preston and Alfred R. Edwards, executors of the estate of E. E. Preston, deceased, upon certain clauses of the following contract:
“ This agreement entered into between C. L. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, aüd E. E. Preston & Co., of Chicago, Illinois.
From the date above mentioned, the said C. L. Smith agrees to give said E. E. Preston & Co. the exclusive right of manufacturing and selling a certain improved hose attachment and swivel, patented August 20, 1889, patent JSTo. 409,512, and that he has not…
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