Streeter v. Sanitary Dist. of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This suit is brought by the plaintiffs in error to recover upon a contract between them and the defendant the sum of $125,000, claimed to be due them thereon.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This suit is brought by the plaintiffs in error to recover upon a contract between them and the defendant the sum of $125,000, claimed to be due them thereon. The plaintiffs agreed to excavate section E of the main drainage canal in the valley of the Des Plaines river according to the terms of the contract and the specifications thereto, and to complete the work by October 1, 1896. The plaintiffs commenced the excavation, taking off the top of the entire section to the depth of about 10 feet; the average…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The hearing of this cause upon the merits was interrupted by the court with the suggestion whether there was anything in the record which could properly be reviewed. The hearing upon the merits was thereupon suspended, and we were furnished with briefs upon the question suggested, which we now proceed to consider.
The statute of March 3, 1865, 13 Stat. 501, Rev. St. §§ 649, 700 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 525, 570], provides as follows:
“Issues of fact in civil eases in any Circuit Court of tbe United States may be tried and determined by the court without the…
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