O'Reer v. Strong
Illinois Supreme Court
O’Reer sued Strong before a justice of the peace in Jo Daviess county, ,by attachment, for the sum of $51.32, and recovered judgment for $25.15 damages, and for $3.10 costs. O’Reer appealed to the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county, and at September term, 1851, Sheldon, Judge, presiding, the cause was tried by a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment, for precisely the same amount that was recovered before the justice.
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O’Reer sued Strong before a justice of the peace in Jo Daviess county, ,by attachment, for the sum of $51.32, and recovered judgment for $25.15 damages, and for $3.10 costs. O’Reer appealed to the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess county, and at September term, 1851, Sheldon, Judge, presiding, the cause was tried by a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment, for precisely the same amount that was recovered before the justice. The defendant Wilson, insisted that the costs should be taxed against the plaintiff in both courts ; the Circuit Court, rendered judgment accordingly. O’Reer brings the…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
O’Reer brought an action of assumpsit against Strong, before a justice of the peace, and obtained a judgment for $25.15. He prosecuted an appeal to the Circuit Court, where a verdict was returned in his favor, for the same amount. He made a motion for a new trial, which was refused; and judgment was then entered for him, for the amount of the verdict, and he was adjudged to pay all the costs of the case. He now brings the record into this court. It appeared, on the trial, that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $25.15. The only controversy was about a bolting-cloth, the…
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