Mills v. Larrance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case -by appellee, against appellant, in the circuit court of Vermilion county, to recover damages for an alleged excessive levy on personal property. The original declaration contained three counts, but the second was dismissed and the case tried on the first and third.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. James W. Craig, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case -by appellee, against appellant, in the circuit court of Vermilion county, to recover damages for an alleged excessive levy on personal property. The original declaration contained three counts, but the second was dismissed and the case tried on the first and third. The first averred that on October 16, 1900, the plaintiff possessed personal property of the value of $3000, and was indebted…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The usual motions to instruct the jury to find for the defendant were made upon the trial at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence, both of which were overruled by the court.
In the brief of points submitted by counsel for appellant eleven grounds of reversal are suggested, several of which attempt to raise questions not cognizable in this court, such as that the damages are excessive and the insufficiency of the evidence to prove malice. The substantial errors of law relied upon in the argument are, that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the…
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