Senese v. City of Chicago

Plaintiffs appeal from a dismissal of their amended complaint.

According to the amended complaint, plaintiffs were in the cartage business under the name of Ogden Cartage Company. One of the plaintiffs, Carmen Senese, was employed by the City of Chicago as a tree trimmer. The City invited bids, as set out in Exhibit A,1 for the hire of truck services; on April 22, 1964, the plaintiffs submitted sealed, written proposals (the form of which was set out in Exhibit A) 1 which were accepted by the defendants; pursuant to the terms and conditions of these proposals a priority of call was established…