Crane v. Schaefer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case fdr deceit. Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Abthub H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The first point urged against the judgment in this case is that the declaration states no cause of action, and that consequently the motion in arrest after verdict should have been granted.
This position is based on the argument—to ube the language of the plaintiff in error’s brief—“that the existence of those things which constitute a lien at law is one of the indispensable elements of the plaintiff’s case,” and “a conclusion of law being substituted therefor, there is a complete failure to state a cause of action, and such a pleading cannot be aided by verdict.”
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