Union Elevated R. R. Co. v. Nixon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for services, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
The appellee sued appellant in assumpsit to recover the sum of $5,000 for labor and services performed by him for appellant, under a contract for the rendering of services in the matter of procuring from frontage owners of real estate, consent to the erection of an elevated railroad loop on certain streets in the down town district of Chicago.
The case was tried, by agreement of the parties, by the court without a jury, and a judgment rendered for the full amount claimed by appellee, with interest.
There does not appear to be any controversy as to the employment of appellee for the purpose, nor…
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