Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Stroeter

Appellee brought this suit against appellant to recover for services and expenses in procuring options for appellant on certain large bodies of coal underlying lands in St. Clair and Madison counties, Illinois, where appellant was engaged in coal mining.

Appellee filed a declaration in assumpsit, containing the common counts and also a count “for work, care, diligence, journeys and attendance of plaintiff, by him before that time performed as agent, of defendant, in purchase of 20,000 acres of coal for said defendant, and for fees and commissions due to the plaintiff.”

He also filed a bill of…