Legal Opinion

Shelton v. O'Riley

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 16, 1889PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County; the Hon. P. H. Sanford, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtUpton, P. J.

The question in this case is purely one of fact, uninfluenced by any ruling of the trial court complained of by either party, and if the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict, it is conceded the judgment below must he affirmed.

The facts presented by this record are briefly these: On the 6th of December, 1887, appellee purchased of appellant a stalk field of about sixty-five acres for cattle pasturage, and for which he paid the sum of $40. This field adjoined on the north, the right of way of the Chicago, California and Santa Fe Ry. Co., which right of way was then nnfenced, but when…

2Cited by1 opinion

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