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27 Ill. 18

Moore v. Goelitz

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1861

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1861-11-15

This was an action of trespass by Goelitz againt Moore for assault and battery, tried at the Monroe Circuit Court. Pleas of the general issue and son assault demesne were filed, and issue joined. At the October term, 1859, judgment was rendered in favor of Goelitz for $600 and costs. The case is brought here by writ of error.

Relies on Day v. Gelston

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1861-11-15

How this case has been cited

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently January 1984

5 state decisions

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Caton, C. J.

¶1The plaintiff in error complains, that his motion for a continuance was overruled. The feature that distinguishes this case from that of Day v. Gelston, 22 Ill. 102, is, that here the witness told the party, that he was subpoenaed by the opposite party, as a witness in the same cause; while in that case, the witness merely promised to attend without a subpoena. We there held that if a party would rely upon the promise of the witness to attend, he must run the hazard of having the promise violated. Nor is this case any better for the-party complaining. He had no right to appropriate the diligence used by the opposite party, to his own use. He knew that his adversary had a right to tell the witness that he need not attend in obedience to the subpoena, and thus relieve him. from his obligation to obey it. Indeed, he might well expect if the party who subpoenaed the witness found his opponent wanted him upon the trial, that he would relieve him from the trouble of attending.

¶2The judgment is affirmed.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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