Merchants Building Improvement Co. v. Chicago Exchange Building Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding.
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Writ op Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. This is an action of assumpsit growing out of a certain contract entered into in the latter part of the year 1892, wherein negotiations were pending between parties variously interested in relation to the erection of an office building at the south-west corner of LaSalle and Washington streets, in Chicago. It appears that Ferdinand W., Clarence I., Walter L. and Anna Peck were the. owners of one hundred feet…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and at the close of all the evidence, the defendant (plaintiff in error) asked a peremptory instruction to find for the defendant, and the first question presented is whether there is evidence tending to support the material allegations in plaintiff’s declaration. Plaintiff in error contends that the peremptory instruction should have been given upon numerous grounds, which will be examined in the order they are presented.
It is said the subscription agreement was limited and restricted by the receipt given by Clarence I. Peck at the time of the delivery…
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