Bentley v. Ross
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Meeritt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908. Statement by the Court.
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Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Meeritt W. Pinckney, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908. Statement by the Court. In March, 1902, complainant Bentley filed a bill alleging in substance that prior to November 11th, 1901, he performed services and expended money for William J. Ross and J. J. Ross constituting the firm of Ross & Ross, who were contractors engaged in the construction of the Sixty-eighth street water tunnel in Chicago; that said firm had brought suit and recovered judgment against said city for $35,000, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
It is contended in behalf of appellant, William J. Eoss, that the overwhelming weight of the evidence shows it was never agreed to give the complainant a third of the net profits of the tunnel contract, but that the sole reason for executing the assignment of date November 11, 1901, was to secure complainant’s testimony in rebuttal and prevent him from assisting the city in the cause then pending.
In a supplemental report the master'in chancery to whom the cause had been referred, reported that after a full consideration of all the evidence, he was convinced the testimony of the complainant…
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- Gottschalk v. NoyesIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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