Crosby v. Loop
Illinois Supreme Court
This suit was originally commenced by the appellees against the appellant before a justice of the peace. A judgment was recovered before the justice for sixty-five dollars and costs. Crosby, the appellant in this suit, and defendant before the justice, appealed from this decision to the Circuit Court of Boone county. At December term, 1851, of the Boone Circuit Court, Wilson, Judge, presiding, the cause was submitted to him without the intervention of a jury.
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This suit was originally commenced by the appellees against the appellant before a justice of the peace. A judgment was recovered before the justice for sixty-five dollars and costs. Crosby, the appellant in this suit, and defendant before the justice, appealed from this decision to the Circuit Court of Boone county. At December term, 1851, of the Boone Circuit Court, Wilson, Judge, presiding, the cause was submitted to him without the intervention of a jury. A judgment was again rendered in favor of the appellees for $68.25 damages and costs. A motion for a new trial was overruled. Crosby…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Loop and others against Crosby. The evidence disclosed this state of case. The defendant was the owner of an undivided half of the “ Crosby Mills.” On the 7th of November, 1847, he leased the same interest therein to Robinson & Co., for the term of five years' and nine months, at an annual rent of $300, payable quarterly, one third in cash, and two thirds in trade. On the 25th of February, 1850, he conveyed the one undivided third part of the mills to the plaintiffs, for the consideration of $3000. The deed contained this provision: “ Subject, yet…
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