Pahlman v. King

The record in this case shows a claim presented by John D. Pahlman, before the county court of Cook county, against the estate of John B. King, deceased, represented by his widow, Emily A. King, administratrix, to recover of the estate a very large sum of money, for the breach of a contract alleged to have been made by King, in his life-time, to deliver Pahlman, in the fall and winter of 1864, three thousand tons of coal, at the price of four dollars and ninety cents per ton. The court disallowed the claim, and Pahlman appealed to the circuit court, where, on trial by a jury, a verdict was…