Consolidated Coal Co. v. Schneider
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Alonzo S. Wilderman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by the appellees, John Schneider and others, against the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, to recover damages for a breach of a contract. On a trial in the circuit court before a jury the plaintiffs recovered a judgment for $3500, which, on appeal, was affirmed in the Appellate Court.
The contract upon which the action was predicated was executed on the first day of September, 1893. The coal company was party of the first part and John Schneider and others were parties of the second part. The contract provided: “The said party of the first part hereby leases…
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