Koenig v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mabous Kavajtagh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant claimed that appellee was indebted to it in the sum of $144.60 for gas consumed but not registered through a punctured meter. Demand was made for payment, in virtue of a contract for gas between the parties,, and refused. Appellant subsequently threatened to cut off the supply of gas at a place occupied by appellee" other than the place where the gas in dispute was consumed, to avoid which appellee paid the claim by check under protest. This suit is brought to recover back the payment so made on the legal theory that it…
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