Appellate Court of Illinois, 1894

McDonald v. Watson

McDonald v. Watson
Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided January 11, 1894 · Waterman
51 Ill. App. 203; 1893 Ill. App. LEXIS 542

McDonald v. Watson

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Waterman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action of assumpsit, the evidence in which unmistakably showed that the defendants thereto were in debted to appellees in the sum of $373.95, whereupon, the defendants offering no evidence, the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for $373.95.

It may be, as is urged by appellant, that immaterial and irrelevant testimony was admitted; but to the relevant and pertinent evidence establishing the plaintiff’s claim, there was no reply, and the jury could not, with due regard to their oath, have rendered any other evidence.

The verdict and judgment are merely the conclusion of the law from the proven facts. The judgment is therefore affirmed.

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