Lewis v. Harsh

Citations

• 54 Ill. 383

Syllabus

<p>Assumpsit—when it will lie. A party who, as agent of a manufacturing company, sold a threshing machine, receiving from the purchaser two notes, executed by a third person, for a greater amount than the balance due on the machine, in payment, personally promising to pay to the purchaser, when the notes were collected, the overplus, upon the notes being paid, was held personally liable in an action by the purchaser for such overplus.</p>