Bedell v. Janney
Illinois Supreme Court
The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error before a justice of the peace, in Hancock county, in March, 1845, for money collected by the latter for them, and which he had neglected to pay over. Judgment was rendered against Be-dell, who appealed to the Circuit Court of that county, and the case was subsequently taken by change of venue into McDonough Circuit Court.
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The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error before a justice of the peace, in Hancock county, in March, 1845, for money collected by the latter for them, and which he had neglected to pay over. Judgment was rendered against Be-dell, who appealed to the Circuit Court of that county, and the case was subsequently taken by change of venue into McDonough Circuit Court. It was there tried before the Hon. Norman H. Purple and a jury, when a verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff’s below, for $63 debt, and $28-035 damages.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Thomas, J.*
This action was commenced on the 10th day of March, A. D. 1845, before a justice of the peace of Hancock county, by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. The demand sued on, was for money alleged to have been collected by the defendant for the plaintiffs3 use, upon a note due to the latter, and by them placed in the hands of the former for collection. The summons was in the form prescribed by the statute. Rev. Stat. Ch, nix, § 21.
The case was taken by appeal into the Circuit Court of the aforesaid county of Hancock, and…
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