Rogers v. Trustees of Schools of Township 23

This was an action of debt, brought by the Trustees of Schools of Township 23, ¡North of Range 4, East, in the McLean Circuit Court, against John J. Price, George W. Stipp and Elihu Rogers, on a note under seal. Price was defaulted, but Rogers and Stipp filed separate pleas ; and there was an agreement by counsel in the case, that all matters that might be specially pleaded, could be given in evidence under the general issue. A trial was had by the court, resulting in a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $958 debt, and $478 damages, from which an appeal was prayed by Rogers and Stipp,…