Rook Island Butter Co. v. Freeman

The plaintiff as assignee of F. E. Rosebrock & Company, a domestic corporation, sues to recover $637.92 from the defendant. The defendant claims that prior to the assignment to the plaintiff he and plaintiff’s assignor had an accounting wherein all differences were adjusted between them, and the defendant paid to plaintiff’s assignor all moneys found to be due upon such accounting.

It appears from the evidence that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff’s assignor in the sum of $637.50. The plaintiff’s assignor was indebted to its president for salary due in a sum larger than $637.50. The…