Snell v. Cheney
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Jonathan H. Cheney, against Thomas Snell, Abner Taylor, James Aiken and James P. Snell. The plaintiff recovered judgment and the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The Lafayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad Company was indebted to the plaintiff in this action, in the sum of $738, for which a judgment was rendered in the Woodford circuit court. While this indebtedness ivas in force and unpaid, appellants, Snell, Taylor & Co., entered into a contract in writing with the Lafayette, Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad Company to build the road from Bloomington to the Indiana State line, for a certain consideration, named in the contract. The contract also contained a provision that Snell, Taylor & Co. should pay certain indebtedness of the…
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