Hildreth v. Hancock
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
Appellee obtained a judgment against appellants, jointly, for $1300, in the circuit court of Vermilion county, in an action of trespass, for an assault and battery. On appeal the Appellate Court affirmed the judgment. (See 55 Ill. App. 572.) It seems that the only grounds of reversal considered by the Appellate Court were, that the verdict was not supported by the evidence and the damages were excessive. The same arguments filed there are submitted here, and also an original reply brief on behalf of appellants.
In the Appellate Court argument it is suggested, rather than insisted upon, that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hildreth v. HancockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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