Legal Opinion

Weed Sewing Machine Co. v. Smith

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1873PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Sabin D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig

This was an action of assumpsit, commenced in the circuit court of Peoria county, by Sarah G. Smith against The Weed Sewing Machine Company. A trial was had before a jury, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict for $381.40, upon which the court rendered judgment. The defendant brings.the case here, and insists upon a reversal of the judgment upon two grounds:

First—Because the circuit court overruled the motion of defendant to remove the cause into the circuit court of the United States, for the Northern District of Illinois.

Second—For the reason that the verdict is contrary to the evidence.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Western Trans. Co. v. Superior CourtIllinois Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Lake Street Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MonaghanIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Sheegog's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
  4. Illinois Central Ry. Co. v. Jones' Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
  5. Ex parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880

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