People Ex Rel. Wanless v. City of Chicago

May 13, 1940, appellee filed her petition for mandamus to compel the city of Chicago to pay a judgment against it. That judgment, entered November 17, 1939, nunc pro tunc as of November 3, 1939, was in the amount of $43,414.58, and costs, and was for damages to appellee’s real estate within the contemplation of section 13 of article 2 of our constitution. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1939, p. 43.) The petition alleged that the city of Chicago had collected and had on hand sufficient moneys to pay said judgment. It charged that section 7-29 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, which would require all…