Briggs v. Kohl
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the County Court of Lake county; the Hon. Dwight L. Jones, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
Appellant brought suit before a justice of the peace against appellees. An appeal was taken to the County Court where there was a verdict for the defendants. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the suit is appealed to this court.
The record shows that appellant conducted a butcher shop in Lake Zurich, and runs a farm near that town. Appellees conducted a general merchandise store in the same town. In September, 1905, Briggs claims that Charles Kohl proposed that he and his brother would furnish the money to buy milch cows in the west, ship them in, sell them and give Briggs half the…
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