Armstrong v. Wesley Hospital
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
The Wesley Hospital, hereinafter called the defendant, undertook for a consideration of $20, paid in advance by Minna B. Armstrong, hereinafter called plaintiff, to give her certain accommodations and services in the hospital. Plaintiff claims that the services which defendant undertook and promised to give were not given. She brought suit in assumpsit, claiming damages for breach of contract.
At the trial, upon the conclusion of the evidence, counsel for defendant moved the court to “instruct the jury to find the defendant not guilty- on the ground that the defendant is a charitable…
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