Kruse v. Kennett

Appellant filed in the circuit court of Cook county a declaration against appellees, the first count whereof is:

“For that whereas said defendants heretofore, to-wit, on the seventh day of September, A. D. 1893, at the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, were engaged, under the firm name of Kennett, Hopkins & Co., in the business of gambling in grain and in wagering and betting on the market'price of grain at a future time; and whereas, the said defendants heretofore, to-wit, on the day and year aforesaid, at the city of Chicago aforesaid, made an agreement with one J. Q.…