People ex rel. Allen v. Kennelly

■Mr. Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

In the superior court, petitioner sought and obtained a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Chicago and its officials to pay a judgment in the sum of $2,233, plus interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, from which respondents appeal.

There is substantially no dispute as to the essential facts. On March 2, 1928, in a suit brought under the Local Improvement Act, entitled City of Chicago v. Phipps et al., No. 457530, judgment was entered against the city and in favor of Peter J. Angsten, Margaret, his wife, and Mary Carey, a…