Legal Opinion

Niedner v. Friedrich

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 29, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Assumpsit, for labor. -Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook. County: the Hon. W. G-. Ewing, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary

Upon conflicting evidence a jury has found that the appellants, a firm composed of a father and two sons, junk dealers, took the business and stock of another son, separately engaged in the same line, under an agreement with him to pay his debts, and that among those debts was the one upon which the appellee has recovered in this suit.

On the trial the wife of the last mentioned son was admitted as a witness for the appellee.

This was error and duly excepted to; but in the motion for a new trial the point was omitted, and thereby waived. Brewer v. Nat. Un. Bldg. Ass’n, 64 Ill. App. 161, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hintz v. GraupnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Beard v. ConverseIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Brewer v. National Union Building Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
  4. Taylor v. RobyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Chicago City Railway Co. v. O'DonnellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  2. Mellish-Hayward Co. v. R. Haas Electric & Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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