National Educational Music Co. v. Rieckhoff

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Adams County, defendant, Gustav Rieckhoff, d/b/a Quincy School Music Center, was found to have converted property of the plaintiff, National Educational Music Company, Ltd., after plaintiff had terminated, for cause, the contract between the two parties. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $20,584.60. Defendant appeals, alleging the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for leave to file a counterclaim and allowing one of plaintiff’s witnesses to give expert testimony without being qualified as an expert. We…