Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook county, sustaining" a demurrer to a creditor’s bill brought by the Addyston Pipe and Steel Company, against the city of Chicago and one Michael J. Joyce. It is alleg'ed in the bill that the defendant Joyce had a contract with the city of Chicago, in and about the performance of which the complainant furnished him material and labor which he failed to pay for. The bill then alleges the obtaining of judgment, issuing of execution and return of execution nulla bona; that the city holds…
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