Haskin v. Haskin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by Henry Haskin against Edwin Haskin, to recover the value of 800 barrels of salt, which the plaintiff claims he was obliged to furnish upon a warehouse receipt, issued by him, in his own name, but as the agent, and while he was carrying on the business of the defendant.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by Henry Haskin against Edwin Haskin, to recover the value of 800 barrels of salt, which the plaintiff claims he was obliged to furnish upon a warehouse receipt, issued by him, in his own name, but as the agent, and while he was carrying on the business of the defendant. It appears, that, prior to June, 1863, Edwin Haskin, the defendant, was engaged in the salt business in Chicago, and Henry, the defendant, was in his employment. In May of that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
It appears from the record in this cause, that the instructions asked by counsel for both parties were refused by the court, the court undertaking to give, instead thereof, an instruction of its own, in its own phraseology. We have examined the record for this instruction, and are satisfied it would have embodied the law correctly, but for the omission of a few very important words, which omission was doubtless accidental, but destroys the meaning of the instruction.
The instruction is, verbatim, as follows: “ This action is brought to compel the defendant to indemnify the plaintiff for acts…
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