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ATWOOD v. CURTISS CANDY CO.

Gen. No. 47,592.

22 Ill. App.2d 369 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 355

Peter B. Atwood, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtiss Candy Company, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication October 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, of Chicago (Kenneth F. Burgess and James E.S. Baker, of counsel) for defendant-appellant.

Eugene T. Devitt, of Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff sued to recover compensation for his services as attorney and assistant secretary of the defendant. He alleged that a contract, which was to run to the end of 1956, was breached when his services were terminated in September of that year. The case was tried without a jury and judgment was entered in his favor for $7,400, the amount for which he sued.

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