Martin v. Summers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for maliciously entering a judgment on a cognovit. Trial in the Circuit Court of Macon County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding. Judgment for the defendant on demurrer to declaration. Appeal by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Burroughs
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action on the case brought in the Circuit Court of Macon County by the appellant against the appellees. The appellees demurred to the declaration, which the court sustained, and the appellant abided by his declaration; thereupon the .court entered a judgment against the appellant in bar of the action and for costs. The appellant brings the case to this court by appeal and assigns as error the ruling of the court in sustaining the demurrer to the declaration, and entering judgment against him. ' ;
The declaration,…
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