Bell & Howell Co. v. Spoor

On September 25, 1918, the plaintiff Bell & Howell Company, an Hlinois corporation, brought suit against the defendant, George K. Spoor, for a certain royalty instalment which, it was alleged, came due on July 31,1918. After a trial of the issues, without a jury, the trial judge entered judgment that the-plaintiff take nothing by its suit.

The substance of the matters involved herein was before this court, and considered by it, once before, and is set forth in Bell & Howell Co. v. Spoor, 216 Ill. App. 221. We therein set forth an analysis of the basic contract, whereby the plaintiff gave to…