Ryan v. Cooke
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. G. Ewing, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. G. Ewing, Judge, presiding. This is an action in assumpsit, brought upon a certain contract, dated August 26, 1889, entered into between C. P. Warren and E. W. Cooke, the latter being the appellee, of Chicago, as parties of the first part, and J. J. Ryan■ & Co., a firm composed of John J. Ryan and John J. Hayes, of Chicago," as parties of the second part. The suit was originally brought by Warren & Cooke against Ryan and Hayes, but, Warren having died, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Upon the trial of. this case in the court below, the defendants there, who are the appellants here, offered to prove by John J. Ryan, one of the defendants, that the contract, offered in evidence by the plaintiff, and described in the statement preceding this opinion, was signed by the parties to it, upon the express understanding and agreement between said parties, that it was not to become operative, unless the defendants obtained a certain other contract from the city of Chicago, and that they never obtained such other contract from the city. The plaintiff below, who is the appellee here,…
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