Everts v. Lawther
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R S. Tuthill, Judgé, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Defendant in error filed his claim in the probate court of Cook county against the estate of Edward A. Everts, deceased, and upon the claim being disallowed appealed to the circuit court, where the case was again tried. The claimant was again unsuccessful, and the circuit court rendered judgment against him for costs.
At the trial in the circuit court the following facts were agreed upon: From 1887 until his death, on April 17, 1894, Charles W. Griggs was the Chicago agent of A. B. Lawther, the claimant, a resident of Syracuse, N.Y., and during said period Lawther sent to Griggs, at various…
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