Cozzens & Beaton Typesetting Co. v. Western Ranch & Irrigation Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. John H. Batten, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
• This suit was originally brought before a justice of the peace to recover for labor alleged to have been performed in setting up type for a publication said to have been published semi-annually by appellee. Appellant recovered before the justice, but on appeal the County Court directed a verdict in favor of appellee, and entered judgment accordingly.
It is urged that the trial court erred in taking the case 'from the jury and directing a 'verdict. There is evidence tending to show that the work was ordered by one Wilson, who was…
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