Belt v. Reid
Appellate Court of Illinois
Debt, for statutory penalty. Trial in the Circuit Court of Jersey County; the Hon. Robert B. ShiRley, Judge, presiding. Finding and judgment for defendant in bar and for costs; appeal by plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899,
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wright
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant brought this action of debt against appellees to recover the penalties provided by statute against trespass in cutting timber. A jury was waived in the trial court, and upon the trial the court found the issues for the appellees and gave judgment against appellant in bar of the action and for costs, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted, it ■being insisted that the verdict is against the law and the evidence, and the court erred in its holdings upon the law "in the decision of the case.
Appellees were engaged' in…
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