Laidlou v. Hatch
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Nathaniel J. Plllsbury, Judge, presiding. This was a garnishee proceeding, by Frank Hatch, E. C. Holmes and William Cleghorn, against the Kankakee & Indiana Railroad Company, to recover of the company money owing by it to M. C. Ott, a contractor of the company.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Nathaniel J. Plllsbury, Judge, presiding. This was a garnishee proceeding, by Frank Hatch, E. C. Holmes and William Cleghorn, against the Kankakee & Indiana Railroad Company, to recover of the company money owing by it to M. C. Ott, a contractor of the company. George Laidlou and Humphrey Barber, partners, intervened and claimed the money owing Ott by the company as belonging to them, under the arrangement stated in the opinion of the court. The court found against them and in favor of the garnisheeing creditors, and Laid!on & Co.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears from the record that one M. C. Ott contracted with the Kankakee and Indiana Railroad Company to grade a portion of their roadway. This contract was in writing. Afterwards, Ott entered into a written contract with appellants,by which they agreed to perform the greater part of his contract for a stipulated price. Hnder his agreement with the company, Ott commenced the performance of the part of the grading which he had not underlet to appellants, and they commenced labor under their agreement with Ott.
It likewise appears that appellees afterwards recovered a judgment against Ott for…
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