Cocalis v. Nazlides

Upon "a trial by the court without a jury the municipal court of Chicago rendered judgment in favor of Louis Cocalis, appellee, against Eugene Nazlides, appellant, for $25 liquidated damages for refusal by the appellant to submit to arbitration two controversies between the parties, under an agreement that each would submit to arbitration any controversy that might arise between them or pay $25 damages. Questions of constitutional right being involved, an appeal to this court was allowed and perfected.

In 1922 the Chicago Association of Commerce distributed printed forms of an agreement to…