De Shelter v. American Spring Water Supply Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin M. Grideey, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Graves
delivered the opinion of the court.
On April 28, 1902, one James H. Wells, acting for himself and James B. Wilbur, the appellant, purchased at a public sale conducted by a receiver all the tangible property, book accounts, contracts, good will and customers of the American Water Company, a bankrupt, for the lump sum of $11,000. The American Water Company had been engaged in the business of buying, selling and distributing mineral water in the city of Chicago. Otis W. Hinckley and George J. Schmitt, partners doing business as Hinckley & Schmitt, had been the chief…
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