Merritt v. Crane Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard "in that court on appeal from.' the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brent ano, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard "in that court on appeal from.' the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brent ano, Judge, presiding. In the month of August, 1899, William H. and Eugene L. Merritt, doing business as W. H. Merritt & Co., made a contract with the Western Engineering and Construction Company to furnish the material and labor and to erect for them upon certain premises of which they were the owners, located in South Chicago, a grain elevator for the sum of $120,000, and to complete the same on or before December i, 1899, at which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
A motion was entered in this court by the Crane Company to dismiss the appeal as to it, which was reserved to the hearing, upon the ground that its claim was less than $1000, and that no appeal would lie from the judgmeñt of the Appellate Court affirming the decree of the superior court establishing a lien in its favor, without a certificate of importance, which had not been granted by the Appellate Court.
The statute provides that in actions ex contractu, where the amount involved is less than $1000, no appeal will lie from the Appellate Court to this court, in the absence of a certificate of…
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