Moloney v. Cressler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by Alfred D. Cressler against Maurice T. Moloney. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Bill by Alfred D. Cressler against Maurice T. Moloney. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. On about December 27, 1898, appellee called upon appellant at the Leland Hotel, Chicago, in reference to the sale of the gas works at Ottawa, Ill., concerning which negotiations had been in progress between J. W. Murdock, superintendent of the plant, and appellant for several months, and which had been the subject of a conversátion between appellant and appellee on one prior…
1Opinion of the CourtKohrsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] Initially, it is urged that this suit is barred by the statute of limitations of the state of Illinois (Hurd’s Rev. Stat. 1915-16, c. 83). *642The first ground of that claim rests upon the charge that the contract sued on was a parol contract. Although this is not specifically set out in the assignment of errors, it may properly be urged as affecting the bar of the statute of limitations. The contract of March 22, 1899, refers to “certain improvements to be made in the plant of said company as specified in certain plans and specifications already submitted…
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