Appellate Court of Illinois, 1916

Nimmons v. Lyon & Healy

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided January 3, 1916 · Holdom

197 Ill. App. 376

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Estoppel, § 63*—when presentation of hill for amount less than contract price not. estoppel to recover contract price. An architect who agrees to draw plans and specifications for a building for a certain price may not be denied a lien for the contract price, upon performance of the contract, because he presented a bill for a lesser amount, where such bill was intended as a compromise and was not accepted.

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