Ferguson v. Allen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, on appeal bond. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston County; the Hon. George W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term. 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
This was a suit by Allen against Henry Ferguson, Mary Ferguson and Joseph Spire, upon an appeal bond given upon an appeal from a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace. Defendants pleaded non est factum and nul tiel record, and certain special pleas. After the special pleas had been several times amended, a demurrer was sustained to them. Defendants elected to stand by said special pleas and withdrew all other pleas. Defendants were defaulted, proofs were .heard, and judgment was entered against defendants, from which they appeal. There is no bill of exceptions. •
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