Gallagher & Speck v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

Defendant appeals from a judgment against it for $1,321.50 for work and labor done and materials furnished in installing a steam heating plant in certain premises in Chicago, the title to which of record stood in the name of defendant, as trustee. The work was done under a contract consisting of a written proposal made by plaintiff to E. J. Kelley, and a verbal acceptance thereof by Kelley. It is admitted that plaintiff dealt only with Kelley and not at all with defendant. The theory of plaintiff’s claim, and apparently of the judgment rendered by the court, upon a trial without a jury, is…