City of Chicago v. Duffy

Defendant in error, who was plaintiff in the trial court, brought suit against the plaintiff in error, who was the defendant, and each party will be hereafter spoken of in this opinion as of the relation occupied therein. The plaintiff alleged that he entered into a contract in writing with the defendant, by which he agreed to build and construct a water tunnel and shafts in the city of Chicago from a shaft to be located at the west end of the proposed ten-foot water tunnel situated in the neighborhood of North Green street, near Grand avenue, thence to a terminus at some point west of…