A. C. T. Co. v. Hildebrand

Full title: Air Conditioning Training Company, Appellant, v. John Hildebrand, Appellee

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Nov 20, 1946

330 Ill. App. 134 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)

69 N.E.2d 700

Opinion

Gen. No. 43,543. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed November 20, 1946 Rehearing denied December 4, 1946 Released for publication December 5, 1946

EVIDENCE, § 684.1^_ — admissibility of Federal Trade Commission's cease and desist order directed against plaintiff. It was prejudicial error as to plaintiff, in action to recover balance due under contract for training course in air conditioning and refrigeration, to admit in evidence Federal Trade Commission's cease and desist order charging plaintiff with unlawful practices in deceiving its customers by false representations, since order had no bearing on issues in case and was not competent to prove facts which defendant had burden of proving.

_ See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. GEORGE L. QUILICI, Judge, presiding.

Reversed and remanded. Heard in the third division, first district, this court at the October term, 1945;

Otto Kralik and Sumner C. Palmer, for appellant;

Albert H. Werner, for appellee.

Opinion by JUSTICE KILEY.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed November 20, 1946; rehearing denied December 4, 1946; released for publication December 5, 1946.