Kilburg v. Petrolagar Laboratories, Inc.

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs brought an action against defendant to recover $6,280 claimed to be due them for labor and material furnished in and about the construction of a building for defendant. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiffs’ favor for the amount of their claim, and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that on April 1,1931, defendant was desirous of constructing a factory building on a piece of real estate it was acquiring in Niles Center, a suburb of Chicago, and on that date entered into a written agreement for the…