Nordstrom v. City of Chicago

This is a writ of error prosecuted to reverse an order dismissing for want of prosecution a suit brought by plaintiff in error. The cause of action as stated in the declaration apparently is that the city’s representatives “agreed to settle” a suit brought by plaintiff for $25,000, and that relying on such promises, plaintiff “took no further pains with his said suit and allowed it to be dismissedyet the city has not paid the amount so agreed upon, to wit, $25,000. The declaration was demurred to. The suit was dismissed on the regular call of the trial calendar. Plaintiff moved to reinstate…