Gleason v. State

On the 5th day of March, A. D. 1901, Edward Gleason and Edward D. Gleason, doing business under the firm name of Gleason & Son, filed in the Auditor’s office the claim in this case, against the State of Illinois for the sum of $96,859.26.

The claim is in the nature of an action of assumpsit, growing out of a contract made by the said Edward Gleason & Son, on June 7, A. D. 1898, with the Commissioners of the Asylum for the Incurable Insane, at Bartonville, Illinois, to construct five buildings, namely Employes’ Quarters, Domestic Building, Supply Department, Power House and Shops and Boiler…