County of Pike v. Hosford
Illinois Supreme Court
This action was commenced March 7th, 1849. The form of the action was debt. The cause of the action was a contract made March 6th, 1848, between Hosford and The County of Pike, by which Hosford agreed to build a bridge for Pike county.
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This action was commenced March 7th, 1849. The form of the action was debt. The cause of the action was a contract made March 6th, 1848, between Hosford and The County of Pike, by which Hosford agreed to build a bridge for Pike county. In consideration of which, the county agreed to pay Hos-ford $779, when the bridge should be completed and received by the county; which was to be on or before the first of January, 1849. A demurrer was filed to the declaration; and at the April term, 1849, by agreement, the matters of law and fact were tried by Minshall, Judge, who found for the plaintiff. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Treat, C. J.:
In March, 1848, an agreement was entered into between Hos-ford and the county commissioners of Pike county, by the terms of which, the former was to'erect a bridge on or before the first of January thereafter, and the latter were to pay him §779, when the bridge should be finished and accepted. The sum of $ 220 was paid to Hosford on the 7th of November, 1848; and the bridge was completed by him, and accepted by two of the commissioners, on the 9th of the same month.
At the December term, 1848, of the Commissioners’ Court, an order was entered of record, directing the…
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