Durham v. Goodwin

This was an action of trespass, brought by the appellee against the appellant, in the circuit court of Kankakee county, to the November term, A. D. 1869. The plaintiff below complains that the defendant’s stock broke and entered his close and destroyed his corn, wheat and oats.

A number of errors are assigned on the record, the most important of which are, that the evidence does not sustain the verdict, and that the court erred in giving the instructions asked by the plaintiff below.

As this case is to be reversed, on the instructions, we have not considered the evidence to see whether it fully…