City of Sterling v. Wolf
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Michael Real entered into a written contract with the city of Sterling to construct certain sewers for it. Appellees, with others, became his sureties to the city, in the sum of §41,402, for the faithful performance of his contract. The city sued on this obligation and obtained a judgment for the penalty of the bond, debt and §2.44 damages. Afterwards a breach was assigned, claiming damages for the Evans & Howard Fire Brick Company, for material furnished Real, which he failed to pay for. Certain pleas to this new assignment were held bad on demurrer, and the defendants failing to plead over,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wolf v. City of SterlingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
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