Simons v. Waldron
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, by Asa D. Waldron and others against Joseph Moffitt and Samuel Simons, upon an appeal bond. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $1260.50, from which the defendant, Simons, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The record in this ease has been carefully examined, and we are unable to detect any error for which the judgment ought to be reversed.
The action is upon an appeal bond, given in the case of The Tug Boat E. P. Dorr v. Waldron et al., which was brought to this court at the September term, 1871, and was then affirmed (62 Ill. 221.) The original bond was destroyed by fire, at the time the court house in Chicago was burned, in 1871. Appellant pleaded non est factum, which plea was verified by affidavit. Upon that issue a trial was had, which resulted in a verdict against appellant, as security on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dorr v. WaldronIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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