Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Elliott

The Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Company brought this action to recover from the Board of Education of the City of Wellington $2,596.38. In its petition the Company alleged in substance that, on August 21, 1890, A. R. Elliott entered into a contract with the Board to furnish the material and erect a school house on 'ground owned by the Board ; that Elliott purchased from the Com*43pany lumber and building material to be used in the erection of the school building, and which were so used, of the price and value of $6,049.93 ; that Elliott paid to the Company on this account $3,453.55, and…