Braun v. S. F. Hess & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is an action of assumpsit, brought by appellee, a corporation doing business in Rochester, New York, to recover a balance claimed to be due it on an open account for cigarettes and tobacco sold and delivered to William H. Heegaard, of whose will the appellants are executors. The declaration contains the common counts only, and the pleas/ are the general issue and set-off. The first trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellee for $286.86, which, on appeal to the Appellate Court, was reversed and the cause remanded. (54 Ill. App. 227.) On the second trial the court instructed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Powers v. BriggsIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Kinser v. Calumet Fire Clay Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. ElliottIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Lambeth Rope Co. v. BrighamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- S. F. Hess & Co. v. HeegaardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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- American Lumber & Mfg. Co v. Atlantic Mill & Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1923
- Griffin v. Union Savings & Trust Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
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