Ross v. Derr
Illinois Supreme Court
This decree was rendered by J. M. Wilson, Judge, of the Court of Common Pleas, at January term, 1857. The opinion of the court gives a sufficient statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
The complainants filed their petition in the court below, to enforce a mechanic’s lien, upon which issues were formed, which were tried by a jury, who rendered a verdict for the complainants, upon which a decree was entered in the usual form. The record does not contain the evidence upon which the jury found 'their verdict; and it is now assigned for error, that the evidence does not' appear upon the record to sustain the verdict of the jury.
In Kimball v. Cook, 1 Gil. R. 423, this was decided to be a chancery proceeding, and to be governed by the rules of practice and evidence by which courts…
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