Legal Opinion

Silverstein ex rel. Brewer & Co. v. Gresheimer

Illinois Circuit Court

Decided July 1, 1900Published

Judgment for plaintiff, motion for new trial granted. Heard before Judge Jesse Holdom.

1Opinion of the Court

Holdom, J.:

This is an action originally instituted before a justice of the peace upon an assignment by one Silverstein of his weekly wages of twenty-five ($25) dollars to Brewer & Company, said wages to be thereafter earned, from the defendant Gresheimer, in whose employment he was under a verbal contract from week to week, the consideration for such assignment being a loan from Brewer & Company to Silverstein of one hundred and thirty-five ($135) dollars. The cause comes to this court on appeal.

A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and the case is now…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Olds v. CummingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Mallin v. WenhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Kane v. CloughMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  4. McKinney v. AlvisIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
  5. Wenham v. MallinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902

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