Dawson Soap Co. v. City of Chicago

delivered the opinion of the court.:

This was an action on the case commenced by the appellee, against the appellant, in the circuit court of Cook county, to recover three-fourths of the value of certain personal property, of which the appellee was the owner, destroyed in consequence of a mob or riot in the city of Chicago on March 15, 1903. A jury was waived and the case was tried before the court, and resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $500, and the case has been brought to this court by appeal.

The cause of action is based upon the statute entitled “An act to…