Pollock v. McClurken
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the county of Eandolph; the Hon. Silas L. Bbyan, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Matthew MeClurken, before the recorder of the city of Sparta, who was acting as a justice of the peace, ex offieio, against Eobert Pollock. A trial was had, and the cause was removed by appeal to the Circuit Court of Randolph county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the county of Eandolph; the Hon. Silas L. Bbyan, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought by Matthew MeClurken, before the recorder of the city of Sparta, who was acting as a justice of the peace, ex offieio, against Eobert Pollock. A trial was had, and the cause was removed by appeal to the Circuit Court of Randolph county. A trial was subsequently had in that court, during the progress of which defendant asked a number of instructions, a portion of which the court refused to give, and defendant complained of that refusal as error. They are these: “ 4.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This action was brought by appellee before the recorder of the city of Sparta, against appellant, to recover a demand of $157.75. On a trial, plaintiff recovered that sum and costs against defendant. He thereupon prosecuted an appeal to the Circuit Court, and a trial was had before the court and a jury, when the jury found a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $158.85. A motion for a new trial was entered and overruled by the court, and a judgment was rendered upon the verdict. And defendant brings the case to this court to reverse the judgment.
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