Wolf v. Mills
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
The appellee brought an action on the case, alleging that appellants sold him a lot of sheep pelts, haying on them a large quantity of wool; and, with intent to defraud him, delivered other and inferior pelts in quality, and deficient in the quantity of wool. Appellee recovered a verdict.
Wolf and Haber jointly owned the pelts at the time of the sale. The proof is satisfactory that the pelts sold averaged about five pounds of wool per pelt; and the pelts delivered, only three pounds.
As to the alleged fraud, the evidence is conflicting. One witness testified positively, that he saw young Haber,…
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