Chambers v. Beahan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum,—Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas B. Windes, Judge, presiding. Submitted at the October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case, the plaintiff, Beahan, brought suit against the defendants, Patrick Chambers and Juliana Chambers, for money claimed as wages for superintending the erection of a building. Patrick Cham bers admitted that h e employ ed Beahan, but claimed that in so doing he was acting as the agent of John B. Skinner and G. H. Brady, who owned the building, and that he so informed the plaintiff at the time of employing him.
When the case was called for trial, the defendant, Patrick Chambers, asked for a continuance, and filed the…
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