Village of Park Ridge v. Robinson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Silas W. Robinson, the appellee, brought this action in assumpsit in the superior court of Cook county to recover of the village of Park Ridge, the appellant, the balance of §2968.85 which he claimed the village owed him for constructing sidewalks in said village.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Silas W. Robinson, the appellee, brought this action in assumpsit in the superior court of Cook county to recover of the village of Park Ridge, the appellant, the balance of §2968.85 which he claimed the village owed him for constructing sidewalks in said village. The case was tried by the court without a jury by agreement and on a stipulation of facts. Propositions to be held as law in the decision of the case were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
There was no dispute as to the amount the plaintiff was entitled to recover, if he was entitled to recover at all, and the question is presented here' as one of law whether the trial court erred in refusing to hold as law in the decision of the case, the first proposition submitted by the plaintiff and in holding the first proposition submitted by the defendant. These propositions served the same purpose as instructions of similar purport to the jury would have served in directing a verdict had the cause been tried by a jury. The Appellate Court made no finding of facts and evidently found…
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