Bonnet v. Glattfeldt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Henry 0. Glattfeldt, against John J. Bonnet and Richard W. Nance, to recover for work and materials done and furnished by the former to the latter, in doing the brick and cut stone work in the repair and part rebuilding of a foundry which .bad. been partially destroyed by fire. The fire occurred in November, 1882, burning out most of the wood work and injuring a portion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
Peter H. Genteman, a witness on behalf of the plaintiff, and a brick mason, upon cross-examination, was asked “if all the defective portions of the west wall were taken down before they commenced to rebuild it.” The question was objected to by counsel for plaintiff, as not being proper cross-examination, and the objection was sustained. It is insisted there was error in this. We think a rather strict rule was applied, and that the question might well enough have been permitted, but we do not perceive that there was any harmful error. The exclusion of the question was not absolute, but only as…
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