Eldred v. Ripley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass oil the Case, for fraudulently and maliciously conspiring to depreciate the value of capital stock of a corporation. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Heard in t\áp court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
The judgment must be affirmed, because the declaration does not complain of Charles S. Ripley, but of one Josiah Stedman, who is not a party to the suit. The declaration - as amended commences as follows: “John E. Eldred, by Jerome Probst, his attorney, complains of Josiah Stedman of a plea of trespass on the case,” and then proceeds in regular form, setting out the allegations, the substance of which appears in the statement and is clearly subject to the cause of special demurrer assigned.
We have, however, seen fit to consider…
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