McGovney v. Village of Melrose Park
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. D. T. Smiley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellant recovered against appellee, on a trial before a jury in the county court of Cook county, a verdict and judgment for $600, under the common counts, for services claimed to have been performed by him as attorney for said village. The Appellate Court for the First District, on appeal, reversed that judgment with the following finding of facts: “And the court, upon the allegations and proofs in the record in this cause contained, doth find that Arthur W. McGovney, the appellee, was appointed May 9, 1904, by the board of trustees of the appellant, the village of Melrose Park, village…
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