Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Stubbs
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorándum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. The pleadings are stated in the opinion of the court. Judgment on demurrer to plea of the statute of limitations; error by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The plaintiff here was plaintiff below, suing the defendant in assumpsit, alleging inter alia that the defendant “ on the 17th day of February, A. D. 1869, at the county aforesaid . (which was State of Illinois, Cook county), made and entered into an agreement in writing, with the plaintiff, in and by which agreement the said defendant subscribed for, and agreed to and with the plaintiff to take 100 shares of the capital stock of the plaintiff and to pay for the same ” in a manner and at a price stated in the declaration.
Among the pleas by the defendant was this:
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- McAllister v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
- Great Western Telegraph Co. v. GrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Great Western Telegraph Co. ex rel. Bowen v. PurdySupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Barron v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Adams v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
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