Bradford v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace, in May, 1860, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court of Cook county. There was a judgment for defendant for costs. The plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court. Summons from Circuit Court, May 26th, 1860. The cause was submitted to the court for trial, a jury being waived by agreement. Manierre, Judge, presided. The Circuit Court found the issues for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was overruled.
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This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace, in May, 1860, and taken by appeal to the Circuit Court of Cook county. There was a judgment for defendant for costs. The plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court. Summons from Circuit Court, May 26th, 1860. The cause was submitted to the court for trial, a jury being waived by agreement. Manierre, Judge, presided. The Circuit Court found the issues for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was overruled. Judgment was rendered for costs, in favor of the defendant. The original assessment roll for the opening and extending of South La…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
From the evidence in this cause, it appears the plaintiff sued to recover back from the city the sum of eighty-two dollars and eighty cents, which he had paid under a void assessment, and which the city refused to repay him on demand made therefor. The question of the legal liability of the city to refund is directly presented.
We are highly favored by the views in extenso which the Circuit Court entertained of this case, and which the city attorney has prefixed to his own very able argument. They have aided us very much in reaching the conclusions to which we have arrived, and which we will…
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