Gammon v. Huse
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E..Gaby, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E..Gaby, Judge, presiding. This is assumpsit, brought by appellee against appellant, Gammon, and three others, Orvis, Cutler and Obadiah Huse, as partners, under the style, or firm name of “F. K. Orvis & Co.,” upon a promissory note, payable to the order of Mary J. K. Huse, for the sum of $1200, one year after date, with interest at ten per cent from date, dated December 1, 1870, and signed by the firm name of F. K. Orvis & Co., with allegation that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
Counsel for appellant take the position, that unless the special findings of the Appellate Court form, of themselves, a sufficient basis for the verdict, the judgment must be reversed; that the finding that “the evidence sustains the verdict, ” is merely an inference of law drawn by the Appellate Court from the special findings of fact which precede that finding, and thereupon attempts to show that the special findings are an inadequate foundation for the judgment. The statute does not authorize the Appellate Court to incorporate into the record any special finding of facts, except in cases…
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