C-B Realty & Trading Corp. v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

In 1974, plaintiffs C-B Realty & Trading Corporation, Harris Trust & Savings Bank, as trustee under trust agreement dated July 25, 1975, Julius Braun, Morris Braun, Eve Braun Erenberg, and the estate of Marie Braun, joint venturers under the title of C-B Realty Joint Venture, sued defendants Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, for breach of two covenants in a 1908 contract pertaining to the payment of certain taxes and the maintenance of a railroad bridge.

In 1980, the trial court entered partial summary judgment in favor of…