Snead & Co. Iron Works v. Merchants Loan & Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThiia,, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming the decree of the circuit court of Cook county dismissing for want of equity a bill for mechanic’s lien filed against defendants in error’s testator.
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Writ or Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. S. TuThiia,, Judge, presiding. This is a writ of error to review the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming the decree of the circuit court of Cook county dismissing for want of equity a bill for mechanic’s lien filed against defendants in error’s testator. The only question involved was whether anything, or how much, was due to complainant for work and building material under a contract. The bill attacks a finding, made…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibs Justice Scott
delivered the opinion of the court:
The transcript of the record in this cause contains 1881 pages. The printed abstract filed by plaintiff in error contains 529 pages. Defendants in error complain of the abstract as being incomplete and misleading, but as they have not filed a further abstract, the one on file will be taken by us “to be accurate and sufficient for a full understanding of the questions presented for decision.” (Rule 14 of the Rules of Practice of this court.)
The principal controversy is over a claim presented by . plaintiff in error for work which it…
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