Wolf v. City of Alton

This was an action of assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Madison County,by appellants against appellee.

The declaration consists of two counts; the first a special count upon an express contract, and the second a common count for money paid and expended by the plaintiffs for the use of the defendant at defendant’s request. To this declaration appellee, defendant, interposed a demurrer both general and special, which the court sustained as a general demurrer. Appellants excepted and elected to stand by their declaration, and thereupon the court rendered judgment against appellants for costs.…