County of Cook v. Ryan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gaey
This is an action for goods sold and delivered to the county by Francis E. Murphy in his lifetime — the appellee being his administrator. It is unnecessary to refer to the pleadings, as upon the trial it was stipulated, in' effect, that the cause should be determined upon the merits, as they might appear from the evidence.
The evidence on the part of the appellee which we regard as controlling the case, is that bills for the goods were rendered to the county by the Chicago Pharmaceutical Company; that Murphy was conducting business under that name; that in the regular order of business, in the…
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