Elijah v. Taylor
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Charles E. Starr, Judge, presiding. This was a suit originally commeneed by Samuel C. Taylor against EranMin Elijah before a justice of the peace to recover the value of certain corn. On an appeal to the Circuit Court and trial there, the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $58.00, whereupon Elijah sued out a writ of error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The plaintiff below, Taylor, occupied with his wife in the spring and summer of 1862, a piece of land owned by her, on which he planted corn. In the course of the summer he went into the army, leaving his wife in charge of his affairs. She sold the standing corn to the appellant, Elijah, at 20 cents per bushel, for which he gave her his note, estimating the corn at 400 bushels, and agreeing to pay her at the same rate for any surplus. She went on a journey, leaving him to gather and measure the corn, and on her return he paid her for 425 bushels, she insisting, however, that there was a…
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