Legal Opinion

Murray Bros. v. Churchill & Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 13, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Motion to Quash an Execution.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker

Appellees sued appellants before a justice of the peace of McLean county. A trial was had on the 11th of June, 1898. The justice did not render judgment on conclusion of the trial but took the case under advisement and continued the cause indefinitely. Ten days thereafter he entered in his docket a judgment against appellants for $60.40 and costs, and applied a tender of $41.15, which had been made before the trial, in partial discharge of it. On the 5th of August following,an execution issued and was returned not satisfied.

Subsequently appellees filed a transcript in the office of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hall v. ReberIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Harrison v. ChippIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Colwell v. SwickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914
  2. Sales Method Co. v. City Meat MarketSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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