Patterson v. Steele
Illinois Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. J. Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt in the St. Clair Circuit Court, originally commenced by George Wickline against Andrew J. Steele, and revived in the name of William Patterson, administrator of Wickline. The action was brought on a writing obligatory, executed by Steele to Wickline for the sum of four hundred dollars.
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Error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. J. Gillespie, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt in the St. Clair Circuit Court, originally commenced by George Wickline against Andrew J. Steele, and revived in the name of William Patterson, administrator of Wickline. The action was brought on a writing obligatory, executed by Steele to Wickline for the sum of four hundred dollars. The defendant pleaded, to the first count, non est factum ; to the common counts, nil debet; and to the declaration generally, payment. The jury found the “issue” for the defendant, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The question presented by this record is of easy solution. The action was debt on a note under seal, and the pleas were, non est factum, nü débet, and payment. A trial was had by jury who found “ the issue ” for the defendant, and that the plaintiff was indebted to the defendant, in the sum of two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents, for which the court gave judgment against the plaintiff, to be paid in due course of administration.
Eo notice, or bill of particulars, accompanied either plea. Section nineteen of our practice act, provides that a defendant in any action upon a…
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