Legal Opinion
Village of Evergreen Park v. Bailey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 31, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Assumpsit, for professional services. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge presiding. Heard in the Bz-anoh Appellate Court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the court.
John T. Bailey, appellee, brought suit to recover for professional services as attorney at law, rendered to appellant prior to September 28, 1896. On the twenty-eighth day of September, 1896, the village board passed the following resolution:
“ Be it resolved, that J. T. Bailey be employed as special counsel to the village of Evergreen Park for the remainder of the year, to co-operate with the village attorney. And be it further resolved that the president and clerk are hereby instructed to issue a warrant in payment of his…
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- Yapp v. WeaverAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Hale Elevator Co. v. HaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
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- Standidge v. LyndeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905