Connelly v. Pierson
Illinois Supreme Court
Debt, in the Jo Daviess County Court, brought by the appellee against the appellants, and heard before the Hon- Hugh T. Dickey and a jury, at the April special term, 1847, when a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff below for $94-38 debt, and $100-62 damages. The defendants entered a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, which was overruled and judgment entered Upon the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Treat, J.*
This was an action of debt, commenced in May, 1846, by Robert Pierson against Michael and James Connelly. The declaration was on a promissory note, bearing date the 2d of June, 1829, and payable in six months. Plea, that the cause of action did not accrue within sixteen years next before the commencement of the suit. Replication, that the cause of action did accrue within the sixteen years. On the trial before a jury, the plaintiff read in evidence a note like the one described in the declaration, on the back of which was an indorsement…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Roseboom v. BillingtonNew York Supreme Court · 1819
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