Hardy v. Dobler

An action in assumpsit was instituted by appellee against appellants in the circuit court of Winnebago county, to recover for commissions alleged to be due appellee under a parol contract for planning and supervising the construction of certain buildings.

The declaration consists of one special count and the common counts. The special count avers among other things that “plaintiff then and there being a carpenter and builder by occupation, and the defendants being engaged in building and erecting houses and buildings, by a certain oral agreement then and there entered into between the…