Lichliter v. Russell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit., for a breach of promise of marriage. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County; the Hon. Joseph P. Robarts, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Bigelow
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee sued appellant in an action of assumpsit, for a breach of promise of marriage, aggravated by seduction, and recovered a judgment for $1,000 damages, and appellant, who was the defendant below, has brought the case here and has assigned a number of errors on the record, all of which, except one, are embraced in the reasons given in the motion for a new trial in the court below. The excepted error challenges the correctness of the ruling of the Circuit Court in denying appellant’s motion for a continuance of the cause, at…
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