Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. Smith
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. E. H. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBailey, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States against W. Treese Smith, to recover certain moneys in the hands of the defendant, which, as is claimed, belonged to the plaintiff. The declaration consisted merely of the common counts, to which the defendant pleaded non assumpsit, and the trial before the court and jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant.
The evidence shows that on and prior to April 27,1886, one O. P. Curran was the general manager, in the City of Chicago, of said Equitable Life Assurance Society, a…
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