Haish v. Payson
Decision Date | 30 September 1883 |
Parties | JACOB HAISHv.GEORGE PAYSON. |
Court | Illinois Supreme Court |
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APPEAL from the Appellate Court for the First District;--heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. ELLIOTT ANTHONY, Judge, presiding. This was a suit brought in the Superior Court of Cook county, to recover for legal services rendered. The nature of the case appears sufficiently from the following question, which was propounded to witnesses on the trial:
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