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  "name": "Andrew Dressel v. James E. Thompson et al.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Dressel v. Thompson",
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      "Andrew Dressel v. James E. Thompson et al."
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Gary\ndelivered the opinion op the Court.\nThe appellant filed a petition for a mechanic\u2019s lien,' in which, after stating the contract, and his performance of it, he put this sentence:\n\u201c And your orator represents, that on or about the 5th day of January, 1894, he filed his claim for a lien aforesaid, with the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided, a true copy of which is \"hereto annexed.\u201d\nThe petition was dismissed on demurrer, and the appellant\u2019s counsel argue that the dismissal was wrong, not because the claim was sufficient, but because the copy attached is not to be considered as part of the petition; not being in terms made an exhibit, as in Field v. Brokaw, 40 Ill. App. 371, and Dreyer v. Goldy, 62 Ill. App. 347.\nWe do not agree to the distinction they make, but if we did, the result would be the same. A document relied upon must be set out, either by its tenor or its legal effect. Merely stating that it complies with the law amounts to nothing. 1 Ch. Pl. 312, Ed. 1876 or 1883; 1 Dan. Chy. 362.\nIt follows that without looking at the copy the petition is bad, because it is not shown that a good claim was filed, and looking at the copy it is shown that a bad one was filed.\nThe decree is affirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Gary"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Ira W. & C. C. Buell and P. H. Bishop, attorneys for appellant.",
      "George W. Woodbury, attorney for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "Andrew Dressel v. James E. Thompson et al.\n1. Pleading\u2014Document Belied Upon, etc.\u2014A document relied upon must be set out in the pleading, either by its tenor or its legal effect. Merely stating that it complies with the law, is insufficient.\nMechanic\u2019s Lien.\u2014Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 3, 1896.\nIra W. & C. C. Buell and P. H. Bishop, attorneys for appellant.\nGeorge W. Woodbury, attorney for appellees."
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