Fisher v. City of Chicago

These appeals each bring before us for decision the identical question whether the municipal court of Chicago has jurisdiction to hear and enter judgment in a case where the snit is based on unpaid interest accrued on a judgment entered in a suit to condemn property for the use of the city under section 32 of the Local Improvement Act where the amount claimed is more than $1,000. In Gen. No. 41,500 the judgment is for $1,345.27, and in Gen. No. 41,501 for $1,924.60.

After much litigation it has been settled that such judgments draw interest by reason of section 3 of the interest statute.…