Corbett v. Schumacker

Hr. Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This action was originally commenced before a justice of the peace of Cook county, by William Schumacker, plaintiff, against Wallace W. Corbett, defendant, on an account amounting to one hundred and fifty dollars. Judgment was recovered for that amount, and an appeal taken to the circuit court, where the same judgment was rendered, to reverse which the defendant appeals.

It appears a contract was made by appellant, with appellee, through the clerk of the latter, who was the leader of a voluntary musical association, known as the “ Great…