Newhall v. Kastens
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William W. Farwell, Judge, presiding. This was a bill, in the nature of a bill of interpleader, filed by Frederick W. Newhall, against John Woolacott, Louis Beinhardt, Louis Hastens, and several others. The leading facts of the case may be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
a/The only question presented by this record arises on the decision of the court sustaining the demurrer to the bill. While, perhaps, it is not strictly what is termed a bill of interpleader, it partakes of the nature of such a bill.
The facts alleged, on which relief is sought, are briefly as follows: In 1872, Newhall, complainant in the court below, made an agreement with Woolacott, one of the defendants, by which the latter was to erect for the former a brick structure, and furnish all the materials, for which he was to receive a stipulated sum. Woolacott sub-let the brick work to…
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