Town of Sheldon v. Burry

This suit was in assumpsit. The declaration contained the common 'counts only, with affidavit of merits, to which the general issue was interposed, with affidavit of meritorious defense.

The suit was instituted to recover from plaintiff in error attorneys’ fees and claimed disbursements in the defense and prosecution of certain suits brought in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois by the holders of certain bonds issued by the plaintiff in error in aid of the construction of the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes liailroad, originally amounting in the aggregate to…