John M. Smyth Co. v. City of Chicago

The appellee on March 1, 1919, instituted a suit in assumpsit to recover the sum of $9201.54 paid to the appellant under the terms of an ordinance passed by the city council of Chicago July 15, 1912. The ordinance provided for- the vacation of certain parts of Cortland street and O’Brien avenue and the alleys connected therewith. Section 2 of the .ordinance further provided that the appellee should within sixty days pay to the appellant the sum of $9201.54 “toward a fund for the payment and .satisfaction of any and all claims for damages which may arise from the vacation of said streets and…