Chicago City Railway Co. v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment for $14,676.46, rendered by the circuit court of Cook county July 22, 1924, against the defendant, City of Chicago. The judgment was entered after the city’s demurrer to plaintiff’s last amended declaration had been overruled in part and the city had elected to stand by the demurrer.

The action was commenced in tort on February 15, 1921, but was afterwards changed to assumpsit. The plaintiff railway company sought to recover various amounts expended by it from time to time since March, 1914, in replacing or repairing portions of the pavement in its right of…