Fishman v. West Side National Bank

This is an appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Chicago in favor of plaintiff for $4,339 upon a trial before the court without a jury. The trial commenced October 27, 1921, and was continued and resumed on different dates until April 22, 1922, when judgment was entered in accordance with the finding of the court. The remarks of the trial judge during and at the close of the trial indicate that the case was not decided upon its merits but that in reaching his conclusions he was actuated by a feeling of sympathy for plaintiff and by the belief that defendant could better afford to…