Knox Engineering Co. v. Rock Island Southern Railway Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Branch “B” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. James C. Martin, Judge, presiding.
1DissentJustice Craig
The basis of this suit was an alleged account stated between the parties thereto, and the judgment of the municipal court, which was affirmed by the Appellate Court, was rendered in favor of the defendant in error and against the plaintiff in error, not because the defendant in error had proved that it had rendered the services and furnished the items, and the value thereof, which went to make up its claim, but on the ground that it had rendered a bill or account for such services and items and plaintiff in error had made no objections thereto.
As stated in the foregoing opinion of the…
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