Illingsworth v. Slosson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John C. Rogers, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
The written contract between the parties to this case is plain, full and unambiguous. Slosson was engaged to procure a loan for Illingsworth of the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the term of five years, at six per cent, interest, and for doing so he was to be paid two and one half per cent, on said amount. The evidence shows that whatever he did about the matter he did in pursuance of the contract, and it further conclusively establishes that he failed to obtain any loan upon the conditions of the contract.
The plaintiff having clearly proven that he failed to perform the contract, we are at…
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