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  "name": "Sterne & Maley Company, Appellee, v. Tom Chamales, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Sterne & Maley Co. v. Chamales",
  "decision_date": "1917-04-16",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,794",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Sterne & Maley Company, Appellee, v. Tom Chamales, Appellant."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely"
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    "attorneys": [
      "William R. Brand, for appellant.",
      "Frank N. Hillis, Martin Walsh and Guy M. Blake, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Sterne & Maley Company, Appellee, v. Tom Chamales, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,794.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nCorpobations, \u00a7 307 \u2014when officer liable for debts made in name of corporation. In a suit to enforce the liability of an officer of a corporation under section 18 of the Corporation Act (J. & A. If 2435), providing that if any person pretending to be an officer .shall assume to exercise corporate powers before compliance with the act, and before all stock shall have been subscribed in good faith, he shall be liable for debts made by him in the name of the corporation, where it appeared that it was proposed to form a corporation, and that the defendant subscribed for stock and was elected vice president and personally participated in the business and contracted obligations, and that a charter was issued but was not filed for record until after the delivery of the merchandise in question, held that the case was within said section 18, and that a judgment in favor of plaintiff was proper.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Chakles N. Goodnow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 16, 1917.\nRehearing denied April 30, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Sterne & Maley Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against Tom Chamales, defendant, to enforce the individual liability of defendant, as officer of a corporation, for debts contracted in the name of the corporation. From a judgment for plaintiff for $558.79, defendant appeals.\nWilliam R. Brand, for appellant.\nFrank N. Hillis, Martin Walsh and Guy M. Blake, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0275-01",
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