Clark v. Whitbeck
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was by agreement submitted to the court, Spring, Judge, presiding, for trial, at May term, 1849, of the Cook County Court, for trial. Judgment was rendered for Whitbeck.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
Whitbeck sued Clark and Edwards before a justice of the peace. He filed with the justice a promissory note made by the defendants for $36, and an account against them for $66. The amount indorsed on the summons, as claimed by the plaintiff, was $100. The justice rendered judgment against the defendants for $80, from which they prosecuted an appeal. In the circuit court, they made a motion to dismiss the suit for the want of jurisdiction in the justice, which was overruled. The cause was then tried, and a judgment rendered against the defendants for $25. They now assign for error, the decision…
2Cited by2 opinions
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