Combs v. Steele
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the appellees, against the appellant. The declaration contained only the common counts for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered, for money paid out and expended, and for work, labor and material.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the appellees, against the appellant. The declaration contained only the common counts for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered, for money paid out and expended, and for work, labor and material. At the May term, and on the 14th of May, 1874, the suit was dismissed for want of prosecution, and on the 29th of the same month, and during the same term, a motion was entered by plaintiffs to reinstate the cause, which motion was continued to a subsequent…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
The contract in evidence obligates the owners, or agents, whose names are appended to it, to pay plaintiffs a certain sum per foot for paving the street in front of their property, each a definite number of feet by them respectively owned. Evidence introduced on the trial shows plaintiffs had done the work, in paving the street, according to the specifications of the contract, in a workmanlike manner, to the satisfaction of the Board of Public Works. On this question, the testimony is quite full. Nothing, therefore, remained to be done but to pay for the work done according to the stipulated…
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