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  "name": "William Downs, Appellant, v. Malinda Lambur, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Downs v. Lambur",
  "decision_date": "1918-04-24",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,573",
  "first_page": "319",
  "last_page": "319",
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      "cite": "210 Ill. App. 319"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "William Downs, Appellant, v. Malinda Lambur, Appellee."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "William S. Corbin, for appellant.",
      "Pollock, Rainey & Livingston, for appellee; Robert S. Cook, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "William Downs, Appellant, v. Malinda Lambur, Appellee.\nGen. No. 23,573.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Municipai, Court of Chicago, \u00a7 13 \u2014when statement of claim may be amended. Where an action to recover for services is brought on an implied contract and it develops that plaintiff\u2019s claim is based upon an express contract, he may obtain leave to amend his statement of claim.\n2. Contracts\u2014what is effect of adverse judgment in action based on theory of implied contract. Where one sues to recover for services on the theory of an implied contract and judgment is rendered against him, he cannot thereafter sue for such services on the theory of an express contract.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gem mill, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 24, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by William Downs, plaintiff, against Malinda Lambur, defendant, to recover for work and labor and material. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.\nWilliam S. Corbin, for appellant.\nPollock, Rainey & Livingston, for appellee; Robert S. Cook, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0319-01",
  "first_page_order": 345,
  "last_page_order": 345
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