Schofield v. Settley
Illinois Supreme Court
Weit of Error to the Circuit-Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. BENJAMIN R. SheldoN, Judge, presiding. Henry Settley and Amos Heming instituted an action of debt, in the court-below, against Hiram Schofield, upon an agreement under seal, by which the plaintiffs below agreed to build a house for the defendant, according to certain plans and specifications referred to in the contract, for which the defendant was to pay the plaintiffs a certain specified sum of money.
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Weit of Error to the Circuit-Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. BENJAMIN R. SheldoN, Judge, presiding. Henry Settley and Amos Heming instituted an action of debt, in the court-below, against Hiram Schofield, upon an agreement under seal, by which the plaintiffs below agreed to build a house for the defendant, according to certain plans and specifications referred to in the contract, for which the defendant was to pay the plaintiffs a certain specified sum of money. The breach alleged the non-payment of the money. Before pleading to the action, the defendant moved the court for a rule upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbeese
'delivered the opinion of the Court.
No abstract has been furnished, of the record in this cause. Briefs by both parties have been submitted, and the case will be disposed of on them, as they may make the case to appear.
The action was debt, on an agreement, under seal, to build a house according to certain plans and specifications referred to in the contract. The breach is, non-payment according to the contract. The defendant pleaded the general issue and several special pleas, to some of which, the fifth and sixth, demurrers were interposed/
It is claimed by the defendant, that the pleas were…
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