Empire Voting Mach. Co. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the Empire Voting Machine Company against the City of Chicago and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, hereinafter termed plaintiff, instituted this action to recover a money judgment, basing its cause of action upon a contract executed July 21, 1911, between it and the board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago, hereinafter called the board, whereby 1,000 Empire voting machines were purchased for the specified price of $942,500. The contract was made after the board had received bids from various manufacturers and had examined various machines. The type selected had been examined and approved by the Illinois state voting machine commission.
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