Melchior v. State

In this case W. A. Melchior, claimant, contends that he is entitled to payment by respondent of the remaining sum due under a construction contract in the amount of $3,493.65, which respondent has failed and refused to pay. Claimant also contends that he is entitled to recover an additional sum of $1,062.20 for repairs made by Mm to equipment installed under the contract.

Respondent, having filed no answer to the complaint, is, under Rule 11 of the Court of Claims of the State of Illinois, presumed to have filed a general traverse, or demal of the facts set forth in the complaint, and, by…