Johnson v. Sanitary District

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

John August Johnson, appellee, brought an action of assumpsit against the appellant, the Sanitary District of Rockford, Illinois, a municipal corporation, in the circuit court of Winnebago county. The declaration consisted of a special count, and also the common counts, alleging the amount due from the defendant to be the sum of $504.16. It was claimed that this amount was due the plaintiff for interest on an award that had been granted the plaintiff in an eminent domain proceeding in which the Sanitary District of Rockford had…