Governor of Illinois v. Dodd

It appears, from the evidence in this case, that Barr, Johnson & Co., on the 13th day of September, 1872, recovered a judgment against one David W. Morse, but the clerk, in entering it up, omitted to name any sum for which the recovery was had. The minutes of the judge trying the case show that the amount found in favor of the plaintiffs was $223.02, and the clerk afterwards issued an execution against Morse and in their favor for that amount. The sheriff levied it on a large quantity of personal property, amounting in the aggregate to perhaps the value of $1500. This property was taken from…