Goodrich v. Van Nortwick
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora. This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace by Yan ¡Nortwick, to recover back money paid to Goodrich for a fanning mill, and the case was taken by appeal to the Circuit Court of Kane county. The venue was changed to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora, where the case was tried by a jury, and a verdict found in favor of the plaintiff for twenty-five dollars.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora. This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace by Yan ¡Nortwick, to recover back money paid to Goodrich for a fanning mill, and the case was taken by appeal to the Circuit Court of Kane county. The venue was changed to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora, where the case was tried by a jury, and a verdict found in favor of the plaintiff for twenty-five dollars. A motion for a new trial being overruled, a judgment was rendered upon the verdict. The case was brought to this court by appeal. The evidence is…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears from the evidence in this case, that appellee’s son, as the agent of his father, went to appellant in the spring of 1862, and purchased and paid for a fanning mill to clean wheat. It was however understood by the parties, that if the mill suited appellee, and answered the purpose, he was to keep it, otherwise, it was to be returned within thirty days from the time the purchase was made, and the money was to be refunded. The mill was returned within the thirty days, upon the ground that it did not suit appellee or answer the purpose for which it was purchased. Appellant, on the…
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