Shendorf v. Gorman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Appeal from tb e Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Abner Smith, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sears
delivered the opinion of the court.
But two questions are presented upon this appeal which require determination, viz.: First, whether the burden of proof was upon appellee to show that he had registered as a horseshoer in order to entitle him to a recovery for his labor in shoeing appellant’s horses; and, secondly, whether the judgment by the justice of the peace, which recited that appellee recovered for wages as a laborer, is conclusive against a recovery in the Circuit Court, upon appeal for. breach of contract to pay the $180.
Upon the first question there is…
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