Peoria & Springfield Railroad v. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. D. McCulloch, Judge, presiding. The Peoria and Springfield Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of this State, on the 31st day of October, 1871, entered into a written contract with B. S. Prettyman, D. T. Thompson, Thos.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. D. McCulloch, Judge, presiding. The Peoria and Springfield Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of this State, on the 31st day of October, 1871, entered into a written contract with B. S. Prettyman, D. T. Thompson, Thos. Edes, A. J. Ware, B. E. Smith, C. B. Griggs and W. Dennison, by which the latter covenanted and agreed to furnish the materials, build and complete in a good, workmanlike manner, a single track railway, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulket
Some of the questions presented by this record are of unusual interest, and have been discussed by counsel on both sides with marked ability; and after a careful consideration of all that has been urged both pro and con, and a laborious and patient examination of the vast amount of testimony which has been taken in the cause, with a view of obtaining an accurate knowledge of the material facts upon which the controversy depends, it remains for ns to present our own conclusions upon the more important of these questions, together with some of the considerations which have led to the results…
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