Warner Construction Co. v. Commissioners of Lincoln Park

Mr. Presiding Justice Hebel

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the Commissioners of Lincoln Park, a municipal corporation, as defendants, from a judgment of the superior court of Cook county, Illinois, entered upon a verdict of a jury for $42,030.12, and is based upon a suit instituted by the plaintiff wherein the plaintiff filed the common counts on August 17, 1931, together with a bill of particulars claiming a total of $47,774.78, due from the defendant. Nine different items made up this total. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue with an affidavit of merits…