City of Chicago v. Weir
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action of assumpsit brought by appellees, who compose the firm of Weir, McKechney & Co., against the city of Chicago, to recover money alleged to be due for work done in the construction of a water tunnel and shafts in the city of Chicago under a written contract. The items of plaintiffs account, as appears from the record, (deducting fifteen per cent which does not fall due, under the contract, until the completion of the work,) are as follows:
1. Rock excavation within the cross-section lines of the
tunnel..............................................$13,530.50
2. Removal of rock…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- American Express Co. v. PinckneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
3Cited by12 opinions
- City of Chicago v. McKechneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Hungate v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1932
- City of Chicago v. McKechneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- People Ex Rel. Hafer v. FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- City of Chicago v. DuffyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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