Stevens v. Stebbins
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard in the Court below, at the May term, 1840, before the Hon. Peter Lott and a jury. Verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $134 debt, and $8.04 damages. The cause was submitted without argument.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglass, Justice
The record in this cause shows that Stevens Stebbins brought his action of petition and summons in the Hancock Circuit Court, against Moses Stevens. The petition is in the usual form, to which the defendant filed the plea of nil debet.
On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence a note corresponding precisely with the note set out in the petition, with this exception ; the note described in the petition is made payable to Steven Stebbins, and the one offered in evidence is payable to Stevens Stebbins.
The defendant objected to the reading of said note in evidence, upon the ground of…
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