Savage v. Stewart

The appellant, W. J. Savage, began suit in the circuit court of Will county against the appellee, Walter B. Stewart, to recover $10,000 which the appellant claimed the appellee owed him as a part of the proceeds of sale of certain real estate. There was a trial by jury, and at the close of all the evidence the court directed a verdict in favor of the appellee, judgment was rendered against the appellant for costs and in bar of the action, and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

The evidence shows that Letitia Stewart was the owner of a farm of about 375 acres near the City of…