City of Peoria v. Fruin-Bambrick Construction Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Peoria county, by the Fruin-Bambrick Construction Company, appellee, against the city of Peoria, to recover for improving Perry street with asphalt pavement.
On April 4, 1894, an ordinance was passed by the city of Peoria for paving Perry street, which provided that the asphalt to be used should be “equal to the best quality obtainable from the Pitch Lake in the island of Trinidad,” and the contract entered into between the construction company and the city of Peoria contains a provision that the quality of asphalt shall be equal “to the…
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