Johnson v. Logan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. Monroe C. Crawford, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
This was an action of assunipsit, brought by the appellee against the appellant and others. The declaration contains a special count upon a note and the common counts.
The appellant filed a special plea in bar, to which the court sustained a demurrer. The judgment upon the demurrer presents the only question raised by this record. The plea was bad. It set up a former recovery upon the same causes of action in a justice’s court, held by the police magistrate of the city of Centraba, after the new constitution went, into effect, and for the sum of $269.65. The justice’s court held by such police…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Phillips v. QuickIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
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