Howitt v. Estelle
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Clay county; the Hon. James C. Allen, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Anestasia Estelle brought an action before a justice of the peace against Sarah E. Howitt, to recover the value of a sewing machine. On a trial before the justice, plaintiff recovered a judgment, and also on a trial on an appeal to the circuit court.
The evidence is irreconcilably conflicting. Plaintiff below swore most positively that she sold and conveyed to defendant a house and lot in Wichita City, in Kansas, for the sum of $150, and received the machine in controversy in part payment, at the price of $75, and that defendant delivered the machine to her. Defendant below swore positively…
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