Paterson v. Whitney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, upon special and common counts. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
We pass by what is said in the brief of the appellant as to prejudice of the judge below. It is not argument to us.
The assertions in the brief that one witness for the appellee “ was not telling the truth; ” another “ was deliberately lying; ” and that the testimony in favor of the appellant “ is consistent, reasonable and .honest; ” are assertions of the truth of which we have no means of judging.
A finding by a judge trying a cause without a jury, is as conclusive as a verdict of a jury, and being upon conflicting evidence, stands. Keating v. Springer, 44 Ill. App. 547.
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