Potter ex rel. Root v. Sterling Vehicle Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John W. Houston, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court in a case of the first class. The judgment was for $1,800 and was entered on the verdict of a jury finding the issues in the case in favor of the plaintiff and assessing the damages at that amount.
The ground of the action was a claim which John H. Potter, the nominal plaintiff, had assigned to Frederick K. Boot, the beneficial plaintiff, before the beginning of the suit.
This claim was for compensation under a special contract made by the defendant, the Sterling Vehicle Company, with the plaintiff, John H. Potter, to pay him twenty per…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Higgins v. LansinghIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Parmelee v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Bouton v. DementIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. Frear Stone Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Ross v. SaylerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902