Saltenberger v. Lang
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. B. R. Burroughs, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
Appellee brought suit before a justice of the peace against appellant to recover damages for injury to appellee’s corn, caused by appellant’s stock. Before a jury, a verdict and judgment was rendered for $5. The defendant prosecuted an appeal to the Circuit Court, where a trial was had by the court, a jury being waived, anda judgment for plaintiff for $5 was entered. ¡Nopropositions of law were submitted on either side, and no question of law raised in argument, and questions of fact alone are involved. The judge of the Circuit Court saw and heard the witnesses, and while there is conflict in…
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