Legal Opinion

Lesczauskis v. Downs

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1918No. 12198PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Writ oE Error to the Second Branch. Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from* the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Sheridan E. Fry, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

Joseph Lesczauskis recovered a judgment in the municipal court of Chicago against William Downs in an action of debt upon a penal bond for the penalty of the bond, $13,900, to be satisfied upon the payment of $2234.34 damages. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment, and the case has been certified to this court for review in response to a writ of certiorari.

The bond was executed by H. Preikschat and William Downs to secure the performance by Preikschat of a contract for the construction of a three-story brick building and a fence six feet high for the defendant in error upon certain…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Grommes v. St. Paul Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Wanack v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Henry v. HeldmaierIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State Bank of Blue Island v. BenzingIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  2. United States Ex Rel. Frontier Construction, Inc. v. Tri-State Management Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2003
  3. C-E Building Products, Inc. v. Seal-Rite Aluminum Products of N.H., Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1974
  4. In re the Rehabilitation of Frontier InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People ex rel. Cech v. ChristyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927

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