City of Chicago v. Duffy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of'Cook County; the Hon. Charles A. Bishop, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Baker delivered
the opinion of the court.
The appellee, Joseph J. Duffy, brought against the appellant, the City of Chicago, an action in assumpsit, and upon the trial by the court recovered a judgment for $301,376.08. The action was brought upon a contract between the parties whereby the plaintiff agreed to construct for the defendant section 2 of a certain water tunnel. A contract between the defendant and Frederick 0. Weir and others for the construction of section 3 of the same tunnel is set out in City of Chicago v. McKechney et al., 205 Ill. 372, and as the general provisions…
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