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  "name": "R. C. Foster, Appellant, v. Eugenie Graf, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Foster v. Graf",
  "decision_date": "1918-05-14",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,471",
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    "parties": [
      "R. C. Foster, Appellant, v. Eugenie Graf, Appellee."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McDonald\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Defress, Buckingham & Eaton and James C. Wood-bury, for appellant; Don Kenneth Jones, of counsel.",
      "M. M. Jacobs, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "R. C. Foster, Appellant, v. Eugenie Graf, Appellee.\nGen. No. 23,471.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Evidence, \u00a7 472 \u2014 what degree of proof necessary where cause of action is founded on crime. Where a cause of action is based upon a crime, the degree of proof applicable to a criminal prosecution, i. e., proof beyond a reasonable doubt is required to sustain the verdict.\n2. Assumpsit, Action oe, \u00a7 89* \u2014 when reasonable doubt as to guilt of servant of forgery exists. In an action to recover the proceeds of certain checks which plaintiff claimed that his servant cashed and appropriated without authority, where there was evidence of admissions by plaintiff that the servant had authority to indorse checks generally, and the prosecution of a forgery indictment was abandoned and the servant subsequently sentenced on a plea of guilty to a charge of embezzlement, there was a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the servant of the crime of forgery so as not to render defendant, who had cashed the checks for the servant, liable for the proceeds.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry Olson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 14, 1918.\nRehearing denied May 24, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by R. C. Foster, plaintiff, against Eugenie Graf, defendant, to recover the proceeds of certain checks. From a judgment of nil capiat, plaintiff appeals.\nDefress, Buckingham & Eaton and James C. Wood-bury, for appellant; Don Kenneth Jones, of counsel.\nM. M. Jacobs, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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