Horrell v. Horrell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Certiorari to bring up a case from a justice’s court. Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County, quashing the writ; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scofield
Charles H. Horrell sued James V. Horrell before a justice of the peace of Randolph county, for a. balance of §191.50 alleged to be due him. The defendant interposed a set-off by way of defense, and on December 23, 1891, recovered a judgment against the plaintiff for §70.19. The plaintiff did not perfect an appeal from this judgment, but, on March 8, 1892, obtained an order from one of the judges of the Circuit Court for the issuance of a statutory writ of certiorari, whereby the cause was removed to the Circuit Court for trial. At the September term of the Circuit Court this writ was quashed…
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