Jones v. Fortune
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. N. Waterman, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was trespass, by Owen T. Jones, against John Fortune and Patrick O’Grady, for a personal assault. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and several special pleas admitting but justifying the trespass, on different grounds. Issues were joined on all of the pleas. -The jury returned a verdict finding the defendants guilty, and assessing the plaintiff’s damages at $6000. The court overruled a motion for a new trial, and entered judgment upon that verdict. The defendants appealed to the Appellate Court for the First District, and that court reversed the judgment for error in giving a…
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