Ashlock v. Linder
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a suit commenced before a justice of the peace, by Linder, to recover the value of some rails which he alleges were taken by Ashlock; the cause was removed into the circuit court by appeal. On the trial, Linder testified that he was the owner of the land on which the rails were cut.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Greene county; the Hon. Charles D. Hodges, Judge, presiding. This was a suit commenced before a justice of the peace, by Linder, to recover the value of some rails which he alleges were taken by Ashlock; the cause was removed into the circuit court by appeal. On the trial, Linder testified that he was the owner of the land on which the rails were cut. Armstrong testified that, after the commencement of the suit he carried an offer of compromise from Ashlock, to the effect that if Linder would join Ashlock in getting a surveyor and have the lines run out,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action brought before a justice of the peace to recover the value of certain rails which the plaintiff, Linder, alleged the defendant, Ashlock, had taken away. The plaintiff recovered judgment before the magistrate, and again in the circuit court, the last judgment being for thirteen dollars and fifty cents. To this judgment the defendant prosecuted a writ of error and asks for a reversal, on two grounds, first, that the verdict was against the evidence, and secondly, that his instructions were improperly refused.
In regard to the first point we need only say that the jury were…
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