Legal Opinion

Albretch v. Wolf

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1871PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This proceeding was originally commenced in the county court, and from the order made there, an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court, and a trial had in that court which resulted as before, in a judgment for the appellee. The appellant brings the cause to this court, and seeks a reversal of the judgment on three grounds:

First, that the claim is barred by the statute of limitations.

Second, that if any promise was ever made, it was within the statute of frauds, and therefore void.

Third, that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Finney v. CochranSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Lancaster v. SpringerIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Guilfoil v. ArthurIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Howard v. HoweCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
  4. Quayle v. GuildIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Maher v. AldrichIllinois Supreme Court · 1903

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