Sprague v. Dodge
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. T. D. Murphy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Dodge Clement, against Sprague & Booth. Sprague only was served, and the trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against him, from which j udgment he prosecuted an appeal.
The defendants had leased, from the plaintiff's, a flouring mill, and had contracted to surrender the premises, at the expiration of the term, in as good condition as they were in at the commencement thereof, “ natural wear and tear, unavoidable accident by fire, tempest, and other casualties only excepted.” The mill was burned, and this suit was brought upon the foregoing…
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