Peeples v. McKee
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. This was an action of*assumpsit, brought in the court below by McKee against Peeples. A trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for $485, from which the defendant appealed. The purpose of the suit was the adjustment of accounts between the parties in connection with matters detailed in the testimony.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. This was an action of*assumpsit, brought in the court below by McKee against Peeples. A trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for $485, from which the defendant appealed. The purpose of the suit was the adjustment of accounts between the parties in connection with matters detailed in the testimony. Among others, the court gave for the plaintiff the following instruction: “The court instructs the jury, that if they believe, from the evidence, that after Peeples claims to have purchased the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears that in the early part of 1870 one Edwin F. Babcock owned a large nursery in St. Clair county. He was indebted to appellant in a sum of between $7000 and $8000, and to secure its payment he gave appellant a chattel mortgage on the trees, shrubs, etc., in the nursery.
In September of that year Babcock was owing one Morrison for labor in the nursery, and the latter sued out an attachment against Babcock and had it levied on a part of the nursery stock, and to induce appellee to become surety on a delivery bond for the property, Babcock gave to him a bill of sale of the property thus…
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