Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Holdfodt
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Joseph E. Gaby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Soholeield
This was trespass, by appellee against appellant, for breaking and entering his dwelling-house, and taking and carrying away a sewing machine.
The verdict of the jury was in favor of appellee, assessing his damages at $800. Motion for new trial was made by appellant, whereupon appellee remitted $800 of his judgment, and the court overruled the motion for new trial, and gave judgment for appellee for $500.
It appears from the evidence that appellant is a corporation created by a law of the State of New York, doing business, through agents, in the city of Chicago. It had, when the transactions…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis, Alton & Chicago Railroad v. DalbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
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