Brewer & Hoffman Brewing Co. v. Boddie
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First Dis- , trict;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. George F. Blanke, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This was a suit brought on a lease for the recovery of rents. The issues formed were submitted to a jury. At the close of the evidence the court instructed the jmy, in writing, “to find the issues for the plaintiff in this case and assess the plaintiff’s damages at $1305.” The jury returned a verdict in conformity with this instruction. The judgment rendered thereon was afterwards affirmed by the Appellate Court.
The assignments of error are six in number. The motion that was filed for a new trial specified only the first three of them. The other three—that is, that the verdict should have…
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