Chase v. Debolt
Illinois Supreme Court
/This was a suit originally brought before a justice of the peace of Peoria county, by the appellee against the appellant, when judgment was rendered for the plaintiff below, for Í 75-933. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court, and heard before the Hon. John D. Catón and a jury, at the October term 1845. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, for the amount recovered before the justice.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Scates, J.*
Debolt sued Chase before a justice of the peace for $75'93S on^an account for work and labor done upon Jubilee College.l' /On the trial before the justice, Chase ■was made a witness by Debolt, according to the provisions of the statute. On the trial in the Circuit Court before a jury, the Court permitted the justice to testify to what Chase had sworn on the trial before him. This was excepted, to and assigned for error.
There can be no doubt but that this was correct; and it does not contravene the general rule excluding hearsay. One witness…
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