Sperry v. Fanning
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Josian McBoberts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Patrick Fanning and Edward Johnson, in the Superior Court of Cook county, against Anson Sperry, guardian of the estate of Henry W. Kingsbury, upon a contract to recover a balance claimed to be due for cut stone furnished in the erection of a certain building in Chicago.
A jury, by agreement, was waived, and a trial before the court resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $4574.56, to reverse which this writ of error was brought.
Two grounds are relied upon by the defendant to secure a reversal of the judgment: First, that the damages sustained
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