Quincy Whig Co. v. Tillson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, the plaintiff declaring in the common counts only.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, the plaintiff declaring in the common counts only. The account filed with the declaration was as follows: The Quincy Whig Company, To John Tillson, Dr. To services as editor of the Quincy Whig, from Aug. 1, 1869, to June 20, 1871, at $35 per week,..............$3445 To money paid,................................. 3500 To money received and advanced,........;......... 3500 To money had and advanced by me,................. 3500 To interest on moneys…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by defendant in error, against plaintiff in error, to recover the value of his services as editor in chief of the “ Quincy Whig.” The declaration only contains the common counts for work and labor, and the money counts, to which the plea of non-assumpsit was filed. By consent, a trial was had before the court without the intervention of a jury, which resulted in a judgment for defendant in- error, to reverse which the company bring the cause to this court on a writ of error.
The error relied on most confidently to reverse the judgment is, that the court…
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