Keenan v. Tuma

On September 29, 1924, the plaintiff, Keenan (who did business under the title of John J. Keenan & Co.), began suit in a fourth-class case in the municipal court of Chicago against the defendant, Tuma (who did business under the title of Tuma Brothers), for $650 for a balance alleged to be due for architect’s services rendered under a written contract, and upon a trial, without a jury, on February 20,1925, recovered a judgment in the sum of $500. This appeal is prosecuted by the defendant.

The statement of claim set forth what purported to be a letter in confirmation of an oral agreement made…