School Inspectors v. Hughes
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action brought by appellee against appellants, for services in cleaning and taking care of a school-house in the city of Peoria. Declaration contained common counts. Plea, general issue, and notice of set-off. On the trial, plaintiff proved that she had performed the labor, and its value.
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This was an action brought by appellee against appellants, for services in cleaning and taking care of a school-house in the city of Peoria. Declaration contained common counts. Plea, general issue, and notice of set-off. On the trial, plaintiff proved that she had performed the labor, and its value. The evidence for defendants was as follows: John Hamlin said, before these premises came into possession of the present board, they belonged to the Peoria Female Academy Association, of the directors of which, witness was president. The sale and transfer was made April 17th, 1856. While the…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, 0. J.
Consulting our private feelings and sympathies, we should, no doubt, be gratified to affirm this judgment. But the proof is positive, uncontradicted, and unsuspicious, that the plaintiff made a contract to do the work for the new board on the same terms as she had done the same work for the old board, and that for the extra work which she should do for the new board, and which she had not done for the old, she should be entitled to a reasonable compensation. Had the jury been governed by this agreement, they would never have rendered the verdict which they did. Of this, no…
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