Dunlap v. Allen
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. J. W. Cochran, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was an action of assumpsit, by Allen against Dunlap, for work and labor.
On the trial below, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Allen, assessing his damages at $637. A remittitur being entered by Allen for $107.30 of this amount, the court gave judgment for the residue—$590.70. Dunlap appeals to this court, and asks that this judgment be reversed, on the ground that it is not sustained by the evidence.'
A careful examination of the evidence has convinced us that it is our duty to reverse this judgment.
Allen appears to have been an unmarried man, without a home, well skilled in his…
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