Maxwell v. Longenecker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crawford county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Benjamin B. Longenecker and William H. Ingersoll, as partners, against John C. Maxwell. The declaration was for work and labor, and materials furnished, and for goods, wares and merchandise, and for money loaned, money paid, laid out and expended, and money had and received, etc.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Crawford county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Benjamin B. Longenecker and William H. Ingersoll, as partners, against John C. Maxwell. The declaration was for work and labor, and materials furnished, and for goods, wares and merchandise, and for money loaned, money paid, laid out and expended, and money had and received, etc. The jury found the issues for the plaintiffs and assessed their damages at $106.55, upon which the court rendered judgment, denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This case was before us at the June term, 1876, and is reported as Maxwell v. Longenecker et al. 82 Ill. 308, to which we refer for a statement of the facts.
We discover nothing in the present record, in respect to the terms upon which the $817 of money belonging to Wagner & Weakley was held by appellant, materially differing from what is there disclosed. The evidence clearly shows that this money was to be paid out on the order of Wagner & Weakley, and that it was so paid out. There is no pretense that appellant was indebted to appellees for work done by them for him, nor is there…
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- Maxwell v. LongeneckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
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