#### F. P. Smith, trading as F. P. Smith Wire & Iron Works, appellee, v. William H. Gray, appellant.

Gen. No. 28,077.

Action for damages for delay in completing contract for work on hotel building, thereby delaying opening of hotel. Judgment for plaintiff for $3,911.01. Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the third division of this court for the first district at the October term, 1922.

Affirmed.

Opinion filed December 26, 1923.

John E. Yoight, for appellant. Davis, Ramsay, Kelly & Kracke, for appellee; B. B. Davis and Edmund P. Kelly, of counsel.

Mr. Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.