Home Insurance v. Tierney

The appellee (plaintiff below) brought suit to recover for fees claimed to be due him as boiler inspector of the city of Chicago, for the inspection of some boilers belonging to the appellant, and this appeal is from a judgment rendered in his favor.

On the trial, appellee testified against objection by appellant that it was not the best evidence, that he was boiler inspector of the city of Chicago on March 2-1, 1891, that two of the boilers were inspected on that day, and that the others were inspected in February. There was no evidence offered that he was boiler inspector in February.

The…