Hawks v. Lands
Illinois Supreme Court
Assumpsit in the McLean Circuit Court, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, and heard before the Hon. Samuel H. Treat without the intervention of a jury, at the September term 1841, when a judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff below for $419-43. The pleadings and ruling of the Court below are stated in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Purple, J.*
This was an action of assumpsit commenced by Lands against Hawks, in the Circuit Court of McLean county. The declaration contained three counts:
First, for money lent and advanced, paid, laid out and expended, and for money had and received to the use of the defendant in error;
Second, upon an account stated;
Third, upon a special count alleging that Lands and Hawks had been partners in trade and had dissolved; that the property and claims of the firm had been transferred to Hawks, who had agreed to pay all the debts of the firm; that Hawks had…
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