Eggleston v. Buck
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the county of La Salle; the Hon. Hadis ok E. Hollistee, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt instituted in the Circuit Court, by Chai-Ies T. P. Puck, who sued for the use of Caroline Gates, against Lorenzo Eggleston and Sarah A. Mills, admin-istratrix of the estate of James M. Mills, deceased, upon an appeal bond which was executed by Eggleston, and the said James M. Mills, in his lifetime, in the penalty of twelve hundred dollars.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the county of La Salle; the Hon. Hadis ok E. Hollistee, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt instituted in the Circuit Court, by Chai-Ies T. P. Puck, who sued for the use of Caroline Gates, against Lorenzo Eggleston and Sarah A. Mills, admin-istratrix of the estate of James M. Mills, deceased, upon an appeal bond which was executed by Eggleston, and the said James M. Mills, in his lifetime, in the penalty of twelve hundred dollars. Non est factum and nil debet, were pleaded by Eggleston, and the same pleas, together with pleas of payment and release,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beeese
This was an action of debt on an appeal bond in the penalty of twelve hundred dollars, brought by the plaintiff against the administratrix of the deceased obligor, and the surviving obligor. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict rendered for plaintiff for twelve hundred dollars debt, and eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-six cents damages, on which the following judgment was entered : “ It is therefore considered by the court that the said plaintiff have and recover of the said defendants the said sum of twelve hundred dollars for his debt, and the said sum of eight hundred…
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