Sanger v. City of Chicago

This action was brought to recover of the city damages which, it is alleged, resulted to appellants from a wrongful forfeiture of a contract between the parties for the doing of certain work on the Illinois and Michigan canal, and for work done by appellants for the benefit of the city not specified in the contract.

The agreement provides that appellants shall do certain work in deepening the canal, according to the profile made part of the contract. For the rock work indicated, they were to receive a stipulated price per cubic yard, and work which was to be done to complete the canal…