Illinois Supreme Court, 1858

Bowman v. Bartley

Bowman v. Bartley
Illinois Supreme Court · Decided November 15, 1858 · Breese
21 Ill. 30

Bowman v. Bartley

Opinion of the Court

Breese, J.

The judgment in this case shows a larger amount of debt recovered than is claimed in the declaration, and is made up of the debt and the damages, without distinguishing what portion is debt, and what portion damages.

This court has frequently decided that such a judgment is erroneous. Marsh v. Wright, 14 Ill. R. 248 ; Mager v. Hutchinson, 2 Gilm. R. 266 ; Wilmans v. Bank of Illinois, 1 Gilm. R. 667.

In conformity with these decisions, the judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded, as we have no data by which to ascertain what part is debt, and what part damages, so as to render a correct judgment here.

Judgment reversed.

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