Opaque Cloth Shade Co. v. Veight

This action was begun by appellee, against appellant, before a justice of the peace of Cook county, and he there recovered a judgment for $48.75 for “work and labor” and $3.15 costs of suit. The defendant appealed to the circuit court, where a trial was had without a jury, by agreement, and judgment again rendered for $48.75 “for wages as a laborer,” $25 being allowed him as attorney’s fees. Motion by defendant for a new trial being overruled, an appeal was prayed and allowed to the Appellate Court for the First District, but subsequently this appeal was granted, and the case comes before us…