Woodford v. McClenahan
Illinois Supreme Court
Assumpsit3 in the Stark Circuit Court, originally Brought by the appellant against the appellee, before a justice of the peace, where the cause was tried by a jury, who found for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court, and at the October term 1845, the Hon, John D. Catón presiding, the cause was again submitted to a jury with a similar result.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Denning, J.
This was a suit originally instituted before a justice of the peace of Stark county by Samuel Woodford, assignee of. Bishop Higley & Co., against Elijah McCIenahan on a sealed instrument. The case was tried by a jury in the justice’s court, who gave a verdict for the defendant, from which Woodford took an appeal to the Circuit Court of said county.
At the October term of the Stark Circuit Court 1845, the case was again submitted to a jury, and they returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, upon which judgment was entered, and the…
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