PEARCE & Another v. HAM
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
■ The bill was filed by-Charles I. Ham, the appellee, against Isaac N. Pearce and Andrew .J. Kuykendall, the appellants. The record showed the following, .facts r On August 5, 1868, one Joseph K. Frick entered into a contract in writing of that date with the County Court of Johnson County, in the State of Illinois, by which he. agreed to build, according to certain plans and specifications, a court-house for sajd* county, at Yienna, the county seat,- furnishing the material’and completing it by the first Monday'of September, 1870, in consideration whereof the County Court agreed to pay him…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ambler v. WhippleSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
3Cited by2 opinions
- Pearce v. HamSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Gilbert v. Howard Automatic Machine Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908