Illinois Supreme Court December 18, 1918, No. 12153 (Carstens Packing Co. v. Sterne & Son Co.)

Mr. Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error, the Carstens Packing Company, sued the defendant in error, the Sterne & Son Company, in the municipal court of Chicago, and filed the following statement of its claim: “Plaintiff’s claim is for damages for a breach of a brokerage contract, whereby, on or about October 28, 1910, defendant agreed to buy for plaintiff