Case Name: John C. Tully Company, A Corporation and Michael Pontarelli, Inc., A Corporation, Claimants, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1971-04-27
Citations: 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 139
Docket Number: No. 5206
Parties: John C. Tully Company, A Corporation and Michael Pontarelli, Inc., A Corporation, Claimants, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 139–140

Head Matter:
(No. 5206
John C. Tully Company, A Corporation and Michael Pontarelli, Inc., A Corporation, Claimants, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed April 27, 1971.
Harry M. Brostoff and Donald J. O’Brien, Jr., Attorneys for Claimants.
William J. Scott, Attorney General; Saul R. Wexler, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Berlin, C.J.
The instant cause was filed in December of 1964 as a result of a dispute over a construction contract under which the claimants were joint venturers. The parties have entered a stipulation in which they agreed that the respondent was liable for damages as to certain counts in the complaint. The respondent acknowledged its liability therein to the extent of $271,192.00 in return for which the claimants agreed to waive, release and relinquish any and all claims presented under this cause;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the sum of $271,192.00 be awarded to claimants in full satisfaction of any and all claims presented to the State under case No. 5206.