Culver v. Elwell

This was a proceeding by petition, instituted in the circuit court of Cook county by Alonzo Elwell, claiming to be a subcontractor, under a contract entered into between John Culver and William E. Lockman, to erect and finish for Culver five buildings on five different lots, and in different blocks, in Culver’s addition»to the town of Evanston. In the petition, it was alleged that certain other parties, namely : Philo Marsh, Benjamin Peoney, and others, had performed labor and furnished materials upon the buildings in question. Marsh and Peoney appeared, and presented their claims for…