Mears v. Nichols

This was an action of assumpsit, in the Superior Court of Chicago, brought by George S. Nichols against Charles Mears, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for one hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighty-nine cents. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and judgment entered on the verdict, from which Mears appeals to this court, and assigns the following errors:

The court erred in modifying and changing instructions asked by appellant; the court erred in giving instructions asked by the plaintiff below; the court erred in giving instructions of his own motion; the verdict…