Legal Opinion

Beers v. Williams

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1854PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This case was heard before Walker, Judge, at November term, 1853, of the Cass Circuit Court. The plea to which the demurrer in the Circuit Court was sustained, is set out at length in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Catón J.

The declaration was upon a promissory note, to which the defendant filed the following pleas: “ And the said defendant, by leave of the court, etc.* comes and defends, etc., and to the first count of the said declaration, says actio non, because they say, that the consideration for which the said note sued on was given, was a boiler and fire-place manufactured by the said plaintiff, and the warranty that the said boiler and fireplace were reasonably fit and proper for the purpose they were intended, and for no other consideration. And the defendant avers that they were intended for…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Economy Fuse & Mfg. Co. v. Raymond Concrete Pile Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
  2. Patterson v. Orangeburg Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
  3. Hallock v. CutlerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
  4. Murray Iron Works Co. v. DeKalb Electric Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1902
  5. United States Aluminum Co. v. Armac Motor Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911

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