Jack v. Rowland
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on appeal from a justice of t he peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll County; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
TVTr.. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this suit Thomas Bowland recovered against Lena Mackay Jack a verdict and a judgment for $104.83 on a trial in the Circuit Court, on appeal from a justice. On the trial plaintiff’s proofs showed there was a written contract between the partiés covering the subject-matter offfhe suit, and that it was in the possession of defendant. Plaintiff then gave defendant’s counsel notice to produce the contract. To this defendant’s counsel replied that he had never heard of the written contract, and had no knowledge whether there was…
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