Carondelet Iron Works v. Moore

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Geo. S. Moore and Geo. D. Morris, partners, composing the firm of Geo. S. Moore & Co., against the Carondelet Iron Works, in the circuit court of St. Clair county.

The declaration contained two counts. The first, for money had and received; the second set out a written contract entered into between the parties, under which the iron works had sold plaintiffs the entire product of all iron manufactured at its furnace during a specified time, at a certain price, and concludes with an averment that, on, to-wit: February 12th, 1873, the defendant…