Straubher v. Mohler

Appellee presented a claim in the probate court of Woodford county, against the estate of Joseph Belsley, deceased. A trial was had in that court, and the cause was removed, by appeal, to the circuit court of that county, but the judge having been counsel in the case, the venue was changed to the circuit court of Peoria county. In the county court, the jury found for the defendants a verdict for 73 cents, but on a trial in the circuit court, the jury found for the plaintiff $1100 over and above a note introduced as a set-off by the executors of the estate, on which a judgment was rendered,…