Sinks v. Kimmel
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. Julius C. Kerb7, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding Justice Boggs
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an. action broug’ht by appellee to recover the penalty provided in section 10 of chapter 95, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of Illinois (J. & A. ¶ 7585), for failure to release a mortgage. Suit was originally brought before a justice of the peace of Franklin county, Illinois, and judgment in the sum of $50 was rendered against appellant, Kimmel. An appeal was perfected by appellant to the circuit court of Franklin county, and on motion of appellee in the circuit court the ad damnum was increased to $200. A jury was waived and a…
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