Ostrander v. Scott
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellee, doing business under the name of Walter Scott & Co., brought this suit in assumpsit to recover from appellant the sum of $1210, claimed to be due as the balance of an account between the parties. There was a recovery for the amount of the claim, and the judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court.
It was shown at the trial that the defendant had been the western agent of the plaintiff in disposing of printing presses manufactured by plaintiff at Plainfield, New Jersey. The agency was terminated May 1, 1891. Plaintiff had an account against the defendant amounting to $5282.58, the…
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