Knefel v. Flanner

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county. The facts, so far as it is necessary to state them, are briefly as follows: In 1892 one Thomas Hulse, of Chicago, was employed by the Realty Improvement Company of Detroit, Michigan, to build and erect certain buildings at Chicago Heights for a stipulated sum. At the same time an arrangement was made between the realty company and appellants, whereby appellants agreed to superintend the construction of the buildings, apply the contract price to the payment of the amounts due the…