Legal Opinion

Ginn v. Rogers

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1847PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Forcible Entry and Detainer, originally brought by the appellee before a justice of the peace of Jo Daviess county. The case was submitted to a jury, but they could not agree upon a verdict, and the counsel of the parties, by mutual agreement, transferred the case to the Jo Daviess County Court. Á motion was made, on affidavit being filed, to dismiss the suit, which was overruled.

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Forcible Entry and Detainer, originally brought by the appellee before a justice of the peace of Jo Daviess county. The case was submitted to a jury, but they could not agree upon a verdict, and the counsel of the parties, by mutual agreement, transferred the case to the Jo Daviess County Court. Á motion was made, on affidavit being filed, to dismiss the suit, which was overruled. At the November term 1846, the Hon. Hugh T. Dickey presiding, the cause was submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict of “guilty55 against the defendants below, upon which verdict the Court rendered a judgment for…

1Opinion of the Court

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Purple, J.*

The appellee in this case brought an action of Forcible Entry and Detainer against the appellants, before a justice of the peace of Jo Daviess county. A jury was summoned to try the cause who disagreed and were discharged.

The attorneys who represented the respective parties before the justice, then entered into a written stipulation that the causé should be removed to the County Court, and there tried in the same manner as though a judgment had been rendered by the justice, and an appeal taken therefrom; and, that no objection should be…

2Cited by2 opinions

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  2. Farmers' Mutual Telephone Co. v. HowellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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