Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

Meixner v. Western Live Stock Insurance

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided October 12, 1916 · Carnes

203 Ill. App. 523

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Carnes

delivered the opinion of the court.

4. Contracts, § 69*—when moral obligation is insufficient consideration. Where an agent for the sale of the capital stock of a company made a sale of the stock upon his promise to the purchaser to resell within a certain time for the purchaser’s benefit,' which he did not do, held that there would be no legal obligation upon the company to refund the money paid by such purchaser and no sufficient moral obligation to furnish a consideration for the company’s promise to refund it.

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