Harrold v. City of East St. Louis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George A. Crowe, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
This is an action in assumpsit brought by appellant, plaintiff below, against the appellee, defendant below, in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county. The declaration is on the common counts, to which appellee pleaded the general issue. The damages claimed are $25,000. A jury was waived and the cause tried by the court. The trial court found the issues for appellee and rendered judgment in bar of action and for costs, from which judgment the present appeal is prosecuted.
The facts in the case are substantially undisputed. The evidence shows that in January, 1912, the city council of the City…
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