Vogel v. Pekoc

This was an action originally brought before a justice of the peace by John Pekoc, against Nelson Morris, Prank E. Vogel and Edward Morris, a firm doing business as Nelson Morris & Co., to recover the sum of $25 for wages claimed to be due as a cooper. On a trial before the justice the plaintiff recovered the amount claimed, and the defendants appealed to the Superior Court of Cook county, where a jury was waived and a trial had before the court, resulting in a judgment for the amount sued for, and also attorney’s fees. To reverse this latter judgment the defendants have appealed to this…