Osgood v. McConnell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. S. W. Harris, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the court below by Delos W. McConnell, against TJri Osgood.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. S. W. Harris, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, instituted in the court below by Delos W. McConnell, against TJri Osgood. The cause was submitted to a jury, who returned the following verdict: “We, the jurors, find for the plaintiff $450.” By direction of the court, the verdict was put in proper form in the presence of the jury, and with their assent, as follows: “We, the jurors, find for the plaintiff, and assess the damages at $450.” The pleadings in the cause, and the facts necessary to an understanding of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit on this instrument:
“$388tW> cy. Ubi Osgood’s Exchange Collection ) Office, Joliet, May 8th, 1861. j
D. W. McConnell, Esq., has deposited with me three hundred eighty-eight TW dollars, in current bank notes, to the credit of himself, which will he paid in like funds to his order hereon, three months after date, with interest at 10 per cent.
TJei Osgood,
BTo. 4003. Pr. A. A. Osgood.”
On the trial below, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for four hundred and fifty dollars. A motion for a new trial was entered, which was overruled by the court, and…
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