Avery & Ensign v. Babcock
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. JoHsr Thompson, Judge, presiding. On the 25th day of February, 1858, Hansom Babcock commenced a suit against H. T. Avery and Gr. D. Ensign, before a police magistrate in Gralesburgh, in Knox county, to recover a certain debt alleged to be owing by the defendants to the plaintiff. A summons was served on the 1st of March following.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. JoHsr Thompson, Judge, presiding. On the 25th day of February, 1858, Hansom Babcock commenced a suit against H. T. Avery and Gr. D. Ensign, before a police magistrate in Gralesburgh, in Knox county, to recover a certain debt alleged to be owing by the defendants to the plaintiff. A summons was served on the 1st of March following. Thereupon a judgment was rendered as follows: “Ransom Babcock / agt. > H. T. Avert and G. D. Ensign. X Action on note. Demand 383.18. On day of trial, suit called, defendants appeared and acknowledged the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was a motion to quash an execution, and set aside a sale made under it. The judgment was originally rendered by a police magistrate in the city of Galesburgh. An execution was issued and returned no property found. Afterwards a transcript of this judgment was filed in the office of the circuit clerk of Knox county, upon which the clerk issued an execution upon which the sale was made. The transcript of the police magistrate contains this entry : “ On day of trial, suit called, defendant appeared and acknowledged the above amount correct ; judgment is therefore rendered by confession…
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