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  "name": "William V. Purple, Plaintiff in Error, v. Rothschild & Company, Defendant in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Purple v. Rothschild & Co.",
  "decision_date": "1917-10-02",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,081",
  "first_page": "303",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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      "William V. Purple, Plaintiff in Error, v. Rothschild & Company, Defendant in Error."
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "William A. Jennings, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Judah, Willabd, Wole & Reichmann, for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "William V. Purple, Plaintiff in Error, v. Rothschild & Company, Defendant in Error.\nGen. No. 23,081.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Dennis W. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed October 2, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by William V. Purple, plaintiff, against Rothschild & Company, defendant, to recover the value of a piano, alleged to have been wrongfully taken under a chattel mortgage. From a judgment of nil capiat, plaintiff bring error.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Contracts, $ 121* \u2014 'When contract rendered void by filling in blank spaces contrary to agreement. Blank spaces in a contract may he filled in in accordance with the understanding of the parties, but a departure from such agreement renders the contract void.\n2. Contracts, \u00a7 327* \u2014 when forfeiture granted. The law abhors a forfeiture, and he who invokes the right to declare one can only do so when there is a valid, enforceable contract giving this right.\nWilliam A. Jennings, for plaintiff in error.\nJudah, Willabd, Wole & Reichmann, for defendant in error."
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