Legal Opinion

John Griffiths & Son Co. v. National Fire Proofing Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 20, 1923No. Gen. No. 27,688Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

By this appeal the defendant, National Fire Proofing Company, seeks to reverse a judgment recovered against it by the plaintiff, John Griffiths & Son Company, in the municipal court of Chicago, for $9,921.87.

John Griffiths & Son Company had the general contract for the erection of a building in the down-town section, of the City of Chicago. The National Fire Proofing Company had a subcontract for a part of the construction work on the building. In this connection, these two companies executed a contract, by the terms of which the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Robbins v. Chicago CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. Messersmith v. . American Fidelity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
  4. Gray v. Boston Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  5. American Casualty Insurance Company's CaseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896

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