Legal Opinion

Strong v. Hasterlik

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 18, 1909No. Gen. No. 14,115Published

Action in debt. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom

Appellee recovered in a trial before the court without the intervention of a jury, which was waived by all the parties, a judgment in debt on an attachment bond for the penalty of the bond, $750, and damages assessed at $290, the former to be discharged upon payment of the latter.

To the declaration on the attachment bond the plea of non est factum was interposed and was, at the time of going to trial, the only plea in the cause.

The evidence rests in the proofs of appellee and the testimony of Louis J. Blum, the only witness for appellants. Under the plea of non est factum the only issue…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ottawa, Oswego & Fox River Valley R. R. v. McMathIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Oberne v. GaylordAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883
  3. Bostrom v. GibsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  4. Goldstein v. ReynoldsIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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