Tomlinson v. Earnshaw
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
A reversal of the judgment below is asked upon three grounds: First, because the court allowed the ad damnum to be amended by increasing the amount, after verdict; second, because the Appellate Court, after reversing and remanding the cause, directed that the Superior Court, upon a remittitur being made by appellees of $230.90, enter judgment in their favor upon the verdict for the residue of the amount found by it (namely, $768.36,) to be due from appellants to appellees; and third, because the Superior Court admitted evidence to go to the jury, over appellants’ objection, tending to prove…
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