Gowen Marble Co. v. Tarrant

This was a suit brought by the appellee, the plaintiff below, against the Gowen Marble Company, to recover for the repairing of certain machinery. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1697.44, upon which judgment was rendered, to reverse which the defendant appeals.

The question raised is solely one of fact, whether the verdict is sustained by the evidence.

It appears, from the testimony, that E. L. Gowen, president of the Gowen Marble Company, was, before the fire of October, 1871, engaged in the marble business in Chicago, and having been burned out by that fire, there was organized and…