Murphy v. Ottenheimer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. John W. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This was a suit brought by the appellees, against the appellant, before a justice of the peace, and taken to the circuit court on appeal, where the plaintiffs recovered judgment. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
Appellees seek to recover for a bill of goods sold by them to the son of appellant, in the summer of 1874. The goods were charged to appellant. When the bill was presented the father declined to pay for the goods, on the ground that they had been purchased without authority and against his will. On the trial in the court below, plaintiffs recovered a verdict for $69.55. The court, after overruling a motion for a new trial, rendered a judgment on the verdict, and defendant appeals and asks a reversal.
It appeared on the trial that appellees had been, prior to 1873, the tenants of appellant, and…
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