Legal Opinion

Cereal Byproducts Co. v. Hall

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 10, 1958No. Gen. 47,249PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action arising out of the alleged negligence of the defendants in auditing plaintiff’s books in 1947 and thereby failing to uncover certain embezzlements. The plaintiff charged that defendants failed to properly perform the audit for the year 1947 and that as a result certain defalcations of their trusted employee and shareholder, Richard Zastrow, went undiscovered. These defalcations were $15,414.32 in 1947, $66,645.05 in 1948 and $13,620.21 in 1949. On a former appeal we reversed a judgment for the defendants and remanded…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hall v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1955
  2. O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Majestic v. Louisville & NR Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
  4. United States Cold Storage Co. v. Central Manufacturing District BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Byalos v. MathesonIllinois Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Randall v. LoftsgaardenSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Patricia Burdett v. Robert S. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  3. Coty v. Ramsey Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1988
  4. GNP Commodities, Inc. v. Walsh Heffernan Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  5. Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1965

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