McGuire v. Bransfield

The judgment which it is sought to reverse by this writ of error was rendered by the Municipal Court of Chicago on January 15, 1908. It was rendered by the court sitting without a jury, a jury having been waived. The plaintiff, McGuire, had sued the defendant, Bransfield, for certain excavating which the plaintiff had done for the defendant under a contract with him, and for certain small items of rent and damage for a tent and the use of lumber. The claim was named at $1,000, a few dollars being rebated from it to make it a case of the fourth class.

The suit was brought December 19, 1907, the…