City of Chicago v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. This is an action in assumpsit, brought by the appellee against the appellant to recover the sum of $677.30, alleged to be due him upon an oral contract with the city made in 1897 to do stenographic and typewriting work to that amount in a certain action tried in the superior court of Cook county, brought by one Ella C. Quinlan against John J. Badenoch and John E. Fitzpatrick, which work is alleged to have been done…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The first consideration, presented by the record, relates to the character of the suit, in which the services are alleged to have been rendered. The suit was brought by Ella C. Quinlan against John J. Badenoch and John E. Fitzpatrick to recover damages for false imprisonment. John J. Badenoch was superintendent of police in the city of Chicagx) in 1895, and John E. Fitzpatrick was a police officer in that city at that time. These officers caused the arrest and forcible detention of Ella C. Quinlan, because they suspected her of complicity in certain crimes. She thereupon brougdrt suit,…
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