Sanford v. Rawlings
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. D. M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Elam M. Sanford against Elizabeth Rawlings, to recover the value of a marble monument, furnished by the former to the latter, to be erected over the grave of her deceased husband. The case was tried at the March Term, A. D. 1866, of the Morgan Circuit Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan county; the Hon. D. M. Woodson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Elam M. Sanford against Elizabeth Rawlings, to recover the value of a marble monument, furnished by the former to the latter, to be erected over the grave of her deceased husband. The case was tried at the March Term, A. D. 1866, of the Morgan Circuit Court. The jury found a verdict in favor of the defendant, upon which judgment was rendered by the court. The case is brought here by appeal. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jusitoe Lawrence
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This was an action brought by Sanford against Elizabeth Rawlings, to recover the value of a marble monument, sold by the former to the latter, to be erected on the grave of her deceased husband. The monument, having been finished in the plaintiff’s shop at Jacksonville, was taken away by the son of the defendant, and soon afterward the plaintiff went to the residence of the defendant, in Cass county, to superintend its erection. The monument was broken in the process of erection, and the defendant, insisting that it had never been fully…
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