Nash v. Monheimer
Illinois Supreme Court
This was originally a cause brought before a justice of the peace, of Bureau county, by the appellee against the appellant, and taken by appeal to the said Circuit Court, in which there was judgment for the appellee; and the appellant, who was the defendant in the court below, brings the case to this court by appeal.
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This was originally a cause brought before a justice of the peace, of Bureau county, by the appellee against the appellant, and taken by appeal to the said Circuit Court, in which there was judgment for the appellee; and the appellant, who was the defendant in the court below, brings the case to this court by appeal. The facts of the case are fully set out in the bill of exceptions, as follows: This cause came on for trial before the Circuit Court of Bureau county, at the October term, 1855, of said court. A jury was waived, and the cause submitted to the court upon the following agreed state…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This suit was originally commenced before a justice of the peace of Bureau county, who on the trial rendered a judgment against the defendant, which was by him taken by appeal, to the Circuit Court. On a trial in the Circuit Court, the plaintiff again recovered a judgment against defendant,from which he appealed to this court. The action was to recover a wager of $25, that Nash could make a certain horse rack one-half mile in one and a half minutes. It was agreed by the parties on the trial below, that in pursuance of the wager, the horse of Nash was racked within the corporate limits of the…
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