Legal Opinion

Knight v. Seney

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 15, 1918No. Gen. lío. 23,433PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor

James H. Knight, as administrator of the estate of Adele Knight, deceased, brought an action in trover against Edgar F. Seney and Rowland T. Rogers, doing business as Seney, Rogers & Company. The case was tried before the court and jury, and there was a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $58,800. The defendants made a motion for a new trial, which was not disposed of for some time. The court overruled the motion and entered judgment for $62,319.76, being the amount of the verdict with interest thereon to the date of the judgment, and defendants prosecute this writ of error.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. McNulta v. EnschIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Commercial Insurance v. ScammonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Kellogg v. TompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  4. Borg v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
  5. People ex rel. Commissioners of Highways v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Arco Petroleum Products Co. v. R & D Automotive, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  2. Collin County Nat. Bank v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931

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