Legal Opinion

Bangor Furnace Co. v. Magill

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1884PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This action was brought by Charles J. Magill, against the Bangor Furnace Company, on a contract made and entered into by Rhodes & Bradley, as agents for and on behalf of defendant. The contract is set out in hcec verba in the declaration, from which it appears plaintiff agreed-the “Lotus” would carry seven thousand tons of iron ore during the season of 1873, from Escanawba to St. Joseph, in Michigan, for two dollars per ton, and also three thousand tons from Marquette to St. Joseph, for three dollars and twenty-five cents per ton, “freight to be due and payable upon delivery of each cargo at…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Orr v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. W. T. Carter & BrotherTexas Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Cheek v. MetzerTexas Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Ben C. Jones & Co. v. Gammel-Statesman Publishing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1907
  4. People Ex Rel. Houghland v. LeonardIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Sanitary District of Chicago v. McMahon & Montgomery Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1903

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