Murphy v. Murphy

This suit was before us at a.former term (84 Ill. App. 292), and the judgment of the Circuit Court was then reversed and the cause remanded for the reasons stated in the opinion, and to which we refer without repetition here. After the cause had been re-instated in the trial court the demurrer to the plea of the statute of frauds, in obedience to the directions of the court, was sustained. The general issue was then filed and a trial by jury ensued. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence defendant moved the court to direct a verdict, which was denied. At the close of all the evidence the motion…