Smith v. Sanitary District
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Appellants claim that they were unjustly and illegally prevented by the Sanitary District from completing the embankments and building the retaining walls for the drainage channel pursuant to the contracts mentioned in the foregoing statement and that they have thereby suffered large damages. The court instructed the jury to find the issues for the defendant and thereby held that there was no evidence in the case, together with all its legal intendments, which could justify the jury in returning a verdict for the plaintiffs.
Counsel for both parties have confined themselves mainly to an…
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