Harris v. J. F. Humphrey & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for goods sold and delivered. Error to the County Court of Woodford County; the Hon. Thomas Kennedy, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
J. F. Humphrey & Co., a corporation in the wholesale grocery business, sold to Mary Harris, wife of Edwin Harris, groceries for her retail store at Minonk, and charged the same to her account. On January 30, 1901, when all the items with which she was charged in the account were more than five years old, except the last one of $3, Humphrey & Co. brought suit against her for .the recovery of the several amounts claimed to be due them and interest, amounting in all to $329.92. An officer of the corporation filed with the declaration an affidavit of merits, showing that the demand was for goods…
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- A. W. Stevens Co. v. KehrAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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