Hogan v. Stophlet
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. Carroll C. Boggs, Judge, presiding. This is a suit, originally brought by appellant against appellee before a justice of the peace of Pulaski county to recover a reward offered for the apprehension and conviction of a criminal.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. Carroll C. Boggs, Judge, presiding. This is a suit, originally brought by appellant against appellee before a justice of the peace of Pulaski county to recover a reward offered for the apprehension and conviction of a criminal. The justice of the peace rendered a judgment against appellee for $50.00, the amount of the reward offered by him, and costs. Appellee appealed from this judgment to the circuit court of Pulaski county, and the venue was changed to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The submission by the appellant'to the trial court, to be marked “held” or “refused,” of the proposition, that the finding in this case should be for the defendant, was in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, and preserved for the court of review the question of law, whether the evidence tended to show a right to recover. (First Nat. Bank v. Northwestern Nat. Bank, 152 Ill. 296; Smith v. Billings, 169 id. 294).
The Appellate Court has found in its finding of facts, as embodied in its judgment, that the Harry Howard, who was arrested, was so arrested for the offense of setting on fire and…
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