Sterling Bridge Co. v. Baker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by George Baker against The Sterling Bridge Company, originally commenced before a justice of the peace, to recover for the use of eight jack-screws for thirty-three days, and the value of one of them which was lost.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding. This was a suit by George Baker against The Sterling Bridge Company, originally commenced before a justice of the peace, to recover for the use of eight jack-screws for thirty-three days, and the value of one of them which was lost. The case was taken by appeal to the circuit court, where a trial was had, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $66. The plaintiff remitted $7.50 of the verdict and judgment was rendered in his favor for the balance. It appeared that one Spencer was the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace of Whiteside county, and thence taken by appeal to .the circuit court of that county, where judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $66, to reverse which the present appeal is prosecuted.
We have examined the evidence and instructions, as set forth in the abstract, with some care, and are of opinion, upon the whole, that the judgment below should not be disturbed.
The suit is for the use of certain jack-screws which were loaned by the plaintiff to the defendant, and for the value of one other which was likewise so loaned, but…
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