Legal Opinion
Atwood v. Curtiss Candy Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 19, 1959No. Gen. 47,592PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff sued to recover compensation for his services as attorney and assistant secretary of the defendant. He alleged that a contract, which was to run to the end of 1956, was breached when his services were terminated in September of that year. The case was tried without a jury and judgment was entered in his favor for $7,400, the amount for which he sued.
Peter B. Atwood was a member of a law firm which represented the defendant for many years. In 1937 he and his senior partner were named assistant secretaries of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Orr v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Davis v. Fidelity Fire InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Conlan v. SullivanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1935
- Pfund v. ZimmermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Chadwick v. Morris & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Long v. Arthur Rubloff & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Herbster v. North American Co. for Life & Health InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Berutti v. Dierks Foods, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Roemer v. Zurich Insurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
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