Williams, Brown & Co. v. John H. Leslie & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for balance due on goods sold, etc. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry Y. Freeman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gary
delivered the opinion oe the Court.
Through a broker in San Francisco the appellees, merchants in Chicago, bought unseen, though samples were shown, of the appellants, merchants in San Francisco, eleven carloads of raisins of described kinds and qualities, to be shipped during October, 1891.
From November 6th to November 18th the raisins arrived. On the arrival of the first carload or loads, the appellees telegraphed to the broker that such as had arrived were not according to contract, and to “ advise disposition;” but the first notice from the appellees direct to the…
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- McClure v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Thorne v. McVeaghIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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