Bour v. Thomas

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error was sued out to reverse a judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago for $1000 in favor of Louis Bour, defendant in error, against Benjamin M. Thomas, an attorney at law, plaintiff in error. Bour brought suit against Thomas claiming that the latter had wrongfully converted to his own use $1000 in United States currency, which after demand made he had refused to turn over to Bour. The case was tried by a jury and they found by their verdict that Thomas was guilty of having wilfully converted said property to his…