Parmly v. Farrar
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit .—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 entered pursuant to the verdict of a jury assessing appellee’s damages at that sum.
The suit is brought in assumpsit under the common counts, upon an alleged verbal contract. Appellee states that he was by a written document given the exclusive agency, for thirty days, to effect a sale of Boone Block, Chicago, for $250,000; that upon appellee’s refusal of the contract on those terms and its return to appellant, the latter abandoned the limitation as to time, saying to appellee, “ never mind the thirty days; go ahead and sell it; ” that subsequently…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Parmly v. FarrarIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Parmly v. FarrarAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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- Parmly v. FarrarIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- City of Elgin v. NofsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
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