Case Name: Alfred Gregory v. Legrand L. Wells
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1871-09
Citations: 62 Ill. 232
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alfred Gregory v. Legrand L. Wells.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 232–233

Head Matter:
Alfred Gregory v. Legrand L. Wells.
1. Tender—after suit. In a suit to recover unliquidated damages for breach of contract, the defendant filed a plea averring a tender of money after suit brought, to which the court sustained a demurrer : Held, that the plea was not a good.defense,-either at common law or under our statute.
Writ OF Error to the Circuit Court of Iroquois County; the Hon. Charles E. Starr, Judge, presiding.
Messrs. Hoff & Doyle, for the plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Thornton
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This suit was instituted upon a written contract tó deliver corn, and damages are claimed for its breach.
A plea of tender was interposed, averring a tender of money after the commencement of the suit, to which a demurrer was sustained.
The damages to be recovered were for a breach of the contract, and were unliquidated.
In such case this court has decided, in Cilley v Hawkins, 48. Ill. 309, that a plea of tender is not a good plea, either at common law or under our statute.
The demurrer was properly sustained, and the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.