Bouton v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. C. L. Higbee, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
This was a bill in chancery, filed by M. S. Bouton & Co., the appellants, against the board of supervisors of McDonough county, to enforce an equitable assignment, or a sub-contractor’s lien. Bouton & Co. were sub-contractors under A. Wallbaum & Co., who were contractors with the county for the building of a court house at Macomb, in said county. Bor that purpose, on February 11, 1869, Wallbaum & Co. made with said board, on behalf of the county, an agreement in writing for the erection of the court house, to be completed on or before August 11, 1870, for the price of $129,000, to he paid to…
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