Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. Singer

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 25, 1904No. Gen. No. 11,348PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1903.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Stein

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $678.35 recovered against appellant by appellee as trustee of the estate of H. H. Singer, deceased, in' an action of assumpsit for rebates due the estate in respect of special assessments levied by the city of Chicago for curbing, filling and paving Thirty-eighth court in said city. In the view that we take of the case the sole question is whether the city is liable in assumpsit.

The declaration consists of the common counts, to which appellant pleaded the general issue. The cause was submitted…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Farrell v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Powles v. County of AlexanderAppellate Court of Illinois · 1941
  2. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  3. City of Chicago v. FiskAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
  4. City of Chicago v. McCormickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  5. City of Chicago v. BlaineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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