Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. v. Bradley

Bradley, an attorney at law, brought suit in assumpsit in the superior court of Cook county against Sexton to recover a balance of $1200 due him for services and cash paid out, as he alleges. The pleas were the general issue and set-off. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and Sexton having died while the case was pending in that court, his executor prosecutes this further appeal.

No certificate of importance was obtained in the Appellate Court, and appellee questions the jurisdiction of this court by a motion…