Legal Opinion

Herbert S. Gilbert & Co. v. McGinnis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1885PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. George W. Stipp, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey

On the 16th of February, 1881, Patrick McGinnis, the appellee, sold to the appellants, Herbert S. Gilbert & Co., seven thousand bushels of corn, at thirty-nine cents per bushel, to be delivered in the months of August and September following. As a part of the same agreement the appellants promised to make advances on the contract to appellee of what money he might,- from time to time, require. A short time after the making 'of this agreement, appellee called on the appellants, at their business house in Ottawa, and requested an advance on the contract, as per agreement. The clerk in charge of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cadwell v. MeekIllinois Supreme Court · 1855

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Ambarann Corp. v. Old Ben Coal Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Gilbert v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of ChickashaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Turner v. Osgood Art Colortype Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Hufford v. National Retailer-Owned Grocers, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1958
  5. O'Gara Coal Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1926

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