Rawson v. Clark
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Robert Clark and John T. Raffin, surviving partners, etc., against Stephen W. Rawson, to recover a sum claimed to be due from the defendant, for certain materials furnished and labor performed by the plaintiffs. A trial was had, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $206, the price of the materials.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Rogers, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Robert Clark and John T. Raffin, surviving partners, etc., against Stephen W. Rawson, to recover a sum claimed to be due from the defendant, for certain materials furnished and labor performed by the plaintiffs. A trial was had, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $206, the price of the materials. To reverse this judgment, the defendant appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
About the middle of September, 1871, a written contract was entered into between the parties to this suit, whereby the appellees were to manufacture and place in the building of the appellant, at the corner of Madison and Dearborn streets, in the city of Chicago, certain iron work for a certain price, 85 per cent thereof to be paid on certificate of the architects, as the work progressed, and 15 per cent when completed, the work to be at the contractors’ risk until completion.
After all the iron work had been manufactured, but before any of it had been set up, the building was wholly destroyed…
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