Butler v. Cornell
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District j—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District j—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in assumpsit, brought February 4, 1881, by Edgar L. Butler against William Randall, in the Circuit Court of Warren county, for work, labor and- services, the sum claimed in the declaration being $700. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit and set-off, the set-off claimed consisting mainly of various large sums of money had and received by the plaintiff to the use of the defendant, the aggregate of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
Having carefully considered the record in this case, in the light of the briefs and arguments presented by counsel in this court, we are disposed to concur in and adopt the opinion of the Appellate Court, a copy of which appears in the .foregoing statement. The points covered by that opinion will therefore need no further discussion.
The point made in the Appellate Court that many of the items of the defendant’s account allowed by the referees were improperly allowed, is renewed here, and it need only be noticed, in addition to what was said by that court, that this contention calls for an…
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