Butterick Publishing Co. v. Whitcomb
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert W. Wright,' Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is an action' of assumpsit brought in the superior court of Cook county by Arthur W. Whitcomb against the Butterick Publishing Company to recover damages for a wrongful discharge on a contract of hiring. The declaration set out the contract in legal effect in the first count and in hcec verba in the second, and averred a wrongful discharge. .The only plea filed was non-assumpsit, and a trial by jury was had resulting in a verdict in favor of plaintiff . below of $3940, upon which the court rendered judgment after overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Upon appeal…
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