Legal Opinion

O. C. Wilson Advertising Co. v. Orr

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 31, 1916No. Gen. No. 21,425Published

Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Ryan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

This appeal brings in review a judgment for nine hundred and ninety dollars entered on the verdict of a jury in an action brought by the appellee against the appellants in the Municipal Court.

From the evidence we think that the jury might properly find that the defendants made to the plaintiff a joint original promise to pay for certain advertising which the plaintiff was to insert in certain newspapers, and that the plaintiff caused the advertisements agreed on to be inserted in newspapers in accordance with the terms of defendants’ promise.

The contention of appellants that the court erred…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McChesney v. People ex rel. KocherspergerIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  2. City of Des Moines v. CasadySupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
  3. Lingle v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

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