Genslinger v. New Illinois Athletic Club

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in the sum of $194,000 entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in an action in trover after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment had been overruled.

The cause comes to this court by transfer from the Supreme Court, to which defendant appealed upon the theory that certain constitutional questions were involved. Genslinger v. New Illinois Athletic Club, 332 Ill. 316. The Supreme Court held that it was without jurisdiction to hear and decide the cause, and the same was transferred…