Lasher v. Colton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Lockwood Honors, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a suit brought by appellee’s intestate, A. H. F. Colton, to recover for services as architect. The case has been here before and is reported in 80 Ill. App. 75. The action was assumpsit. Appellant pleaded the general issue and years later filed a plea of non-joinder, which was properly stricken out. Fisher v. Cook, 125 Ill. 280-283; Snell v. DeLand, 43 Ill. 323-325. Upon the last trial a jury found the issues for the plaintiff and assessed damages at $1,613, for which judgment was entered.
The defense was, first, that if appellant…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boyle v. Illinois Central R. R.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Snell v. De LandIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Lasher v. ColtonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
- Fisher v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1888