Meyer v. Ruhstadt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—On a contract of guaranty. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gary
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee was a traveling salesman in the service of the appellants, and though the case took a wide range in the Circuit Court, it is here narrowed to the question whether the appellee should be held as a guarantor under the fblloxving letter:
“ Sweet Springs, Mo., July 15, 1890.
Messrs. Jacob Meyer & Bros.,
Gents : Enclosed order of D. Victor. I had four competitors at Higginsville, two Chicago, one St. Louis, one Kansas City. Mr. Victor gave -me half his order, and bought the other half of Frankenthal, St. Louis, on four…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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