Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Inc. v. City of Waukegan

The plaintiff, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Inc., filed this lawsuit against the defendant, the City of Waukegan (the City), alleging that the City breached an agreement to loan the plaintiff $175,000. The City filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s second amended complaint arguing that any agreement to loan money to the plaintiff was null and void in the absence of an ordinance passed by the City council specifically appropriating the funds for the loan. In that regard, the City maintained that an ordinance authorizing the loan was a condition precedent to liability according to sections 8 —…