Smith v. Gray

Mr. Chipf Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court:

E. P. Smith, trading as the F. P. Smith Wire and Iron Works, obtained a judgment in the municipal court of Chicago against William H. Gray for $3911.01 for labor and materials furnished under a written contract, including extras. The judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court on appeal, and this court awarded a writ of certiorari to review the judgment.

The contract sued on in this case is in two parts, in the form of letters addressed to Gray, plaintiff in error, (herein called defendant,) by defendant in error, F. P. Smith, (herein…