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  "id": 5406575,
  "name": "J. F. Dougherty, Appellee, v. Frederick Becklenberg, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Dougherty v. Becklenberg",
  "decision_date": "1917-05-09",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 21,916",
  "first_page": "491",
  "last_page": "492",
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      "cite": "205 Ill. App. 491"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "J. F. Dougherty, Appellee, v. Frederick Becklenberg, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Goodwin\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Brokers, \u00a7 88 \u2014what constitutes prima facie case in action for commissions. In an action to recover a commission on a certain real estate deal, where defendant agreed to pay plaintiff a certain commission upon consummation of the deal, a prima facie case held to be made out when plaintiff showed a contract for the sale of the land formally executed by the parties and accepted by the defendant, notwithstanding the defendant later refused to carry out the contract.\n2. Corporations, \u00a7 431*\u2014when word in signature is deseriptio persona. The word \u201ctreasurer\u201d after the name of an officer of a corporation is deseriptio persona.\n3. Corporations, \u00a7 430*\u2014what is sufficient signature to agreement. The name of a certain company to a certain agreement, held to be sufficient if placed there by a person authorized to act for the company, even though the signature of the person acting as the company\u2019s agent did not itself appear.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Goodwin"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Sonnenschein, Berkson & Fishell and Edward H. Morris, for appellant.",
      "William McKinley, for appellee; A. A. McKinley and Luther F. Binkley, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "J. F. Dougherty, Appellee, v. Frederick Becklenberg, Appellant.\nGen. No. 21,916.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Ryan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Cdurt at the October term, 1915.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 9, 1917.\nCertiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by J. F. Dougherty, plaintiff, against Frederick Becklenberg, defendant, to recover a real estate commission. From a judgment for plaintiff for $3,125, defendant appeals.\nSonnenschein, Berkson & Fishell and Edward H. Morris, for appellant.\nWilliam McKinley, for appellee; A. A. McKinley and Luther F. Binkley, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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  "file_name": "0491-01",
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