Hall v. County of Cook

The appellant, Eric E. Hall, (hereinafter called the plaintiff,) filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Cook county against the board of commissioners of Cook county by which he sought to compel such board to audit and allow his claim in the sum of $187,500 which he had filed against the county. Subsequently, and during the trial of the cause, the plaintiff changed his form of action to assumpsit, and filed his declaration against the county of Cook, appellee herein, (hereinafter called the defendant,) to recover for the same services for which the original suit was…