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  "id": 5806420,
  "name": "Timothy Rogers et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. George W. Ward, Defendant in Error; David V. N. Radcliff et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Albert H. Pierce, Defendant in Error; The Same v. Albert H. Pierce; The Same v. David M. Reese et al.; The Same v. David V. Crosby et al.; The Same v. David W. Watson et al.; The Same v. John P. Usher et al.; The Same v. Thomas B. Johns",
  "name_abbreviation": "Rogers v. Ward",
  "decision_date": "1860-01",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "473",
  "last_page": "473",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "23 Ill. 473"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
    "id": 8772,
    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
  "cites_to": [],
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T17:49:58.343815+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Timothy Rogers et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. George W. Ward, Defendant in Error. David V. N. Radcliff et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Albert H. Pierce, Defendant in Error. The Same v. Albert H. Pierce. The Same v. David M. Reese et al. The Same v. David V. Crosby et al. The Same v. David W. Watson et al. The Same v. John P. Usher et al. The Same v. Thomas B. Johns."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Caton, C. J.\nThese were all petitions for mechanics\u2019 liens, and in none of them do the petitioners show, that by the contracts, the work was to be completed within two years from the time when the contracts were made. It has been repeatedly decided by this court, that this objection is fatal, for which the decrees must be reversed and the suits remanded.\nDecrees reversed",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Caton, C. J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "Timothy Rogers et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. George W. Ward, Defendant in Error. David V. N. Radcliff et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Albert H. Pierce, Defendant in Error. The Same v. Albert H. Pierce. The Same v. David M. Reese et al. The Same v. David V. Crosby et al. The Same v. David W. Watson et al. The Same v. John P. Usher et al. The Same v. Thomas B. Johns.\nERROR TO ADAMS.\nERROR TO COLES.\nWhere a petition for a mechanics\u2019 lien fails to show, that by the contract between the parties, the work was to be completed within two years; it is insufficient to found a decree upon.\nIn the foregoing cases the petitions omitted to show that the work was to be completed within two years. This decision has been so often reported, that a further statement is deemed unnecessary."
  },
  "file_name": "0473-01",
  "first_page_order": 467,
  "last_page_order": 467
}