Light v. Reed
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. G. A. Carpenter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
On the fourth day of October, 1906, Robert C. Light brought an action of debt on a judgment recovered in the superior court of Marion county, Indiana, against William S. Reed for $20,000 damages and costs. The defendant pleaded nil debet and mil tiel record, and a special plea alleging that an appeal had been prosecuted to the Appellate Court of Indiana and that the same was still pending and undisposed of. The plaintiff below joined issue on the plea of nil debet, traversed the plea of mil fiel record and filed a replication to the special plea setting up the appeal. The cause came on for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rendleman v. RendlemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Horner v. SpelmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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