Dillon v. W. S. McCrea & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for money paid out, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice G-aby
The appellee, a corporation, is a commission merchant on the Board of Trade in Chicago, and the appellant a grain dealer at Sterling, Illinois, who shipped to the appellee grain to be sold, and also gave to the appellee orders to buy and sell grain for future delivery. In the execution of these orders the appellee claims to have suffered loss by the fluctuations of the market and the failure of the appellant to keep up his margins, and for that loss has recovered a judgment of $11,100.
We are not required to consider whether the evidence justified the verdict, as the motion for a new trial—by…
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- Village of Fairbury v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Oldershaw v. KnolesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1880
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