Legal Opinion
Pierce v. Jacobs
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 18, 1910No. Gen. No. 5357PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Judgment by confession. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Duane J. Oabnes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
A corporation, named the Western Insurance Company of Aurora, Illinois, reorganized and changed its name to Western Fire, Marine and Plate Glass Insurance Company of Chicago, Illinois, and in July, 1901, had a board of directors composed of S. W. Jacobs, S. M. Farwell, Matt. W. Pinkerton, W. K. Twomey and Edward Pierce, of which board Pierce was president and Twomey was secretary and treasurer. At a semi-annual meeting of the board of directors, held on July 8, 1901, the records of the board show the following action taken:
“Owing to the fact that a good many old bills had accumulated under…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jacobs v. PierceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
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