Byers v. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; the Hon. Theo. D. Mtjbphy, Judge, presiding. . The circuit court, on the trial of this cause, instructed the jury that if they believed from the evidence that plaintiff did certain work on the farm of the deceased, for which he had not been paid or compensated, and that he is lawfully entitled to recover therefor, then the jury should find for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
Appellee filed a claim in the county court of De Kalb county, against the estate of his father, who was deceased. On the 25th day of November, 1870, a trial was had by the court and a jury, when a verdict was found for appellee for $700, and the same was allowed as a fourth class debt against the estate. The administrator prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court, where there was a trial resulting in a verdict for $800, and an order for its allowance was entered, and the administrator has brought the record to this court on appeal.
On the trial in the court below appellant offered Augustus and…
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