Arcade Co. v. Allen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Hoggin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1893.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellees sued for money due them on a building contract, and presented a final certificate from a superintending architect, pursuant to the contract between the parties.
The appellant vainly attempted to show on the trial that faults were in the work, nndiscoverable at the time the certificate was issued, but developed when water was let into the pipes in the building, for which deductions should be made.
If the defense had been proved, it would have made out a mistake- in the certificate for which proper allowance ought to be made. The court refused to admit the evidence, but the bill of…
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