Legal Opinion

Crist v. Wray

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, brought by Mary W. Wray against Daniel O. Crist, Henry Houscheid, and Joseph V. Ater, for the taking and carrying away of a piano and an organ.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action of trespass, for the taking and carrying away of one piano and one organ.

The first point made for the reversal of the judgment is, that the court erred in sustaining a demurrer to a plea.

It is enough to say, that if there was any error in that respect, it was cured by subsequently filing a replication to the plea before trial, whereby defendants had the full benefit of the plea, and no evidence proper under it was excluded. .

After the plaintiff had introduced all her evidence, the court, on motion, gave her leave to amend her declaration, by striking out all claim for the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pulver v. Rochester German InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  2. Western Brewery Co. v. MeredithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896

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