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32 Ill. 509

Carter v. White

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1863

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1863-11-15

Wbit ob Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Pulaski county; the Hon. Wesley Sloam, Judge, presiding. TMs was a suit instituted in the corat below by Edward H. White against John W. Monahan and several others.

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Decided 1863-11-15

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently December 1934

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Mr. Justice Breese

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:

¶2The action of assumpsit, so called, is an action on the case, and is properly entitled an action of trespass on the case. To determine the cause of action, whether for a tort or on promises, we must look to the declaration. The first and second counts are very in artificially drawn, to say the least, and are meaningless. The third, fourth and fifth counts are counts in assumpsit.

¶3The judgment is correctly entered against all the defendants, as appears by the amended record filed.

¶4As there are no facts preserved by the bill of exceptions, we cannot determine whether the court, sitting as a jury, found correctly or not. We must intend the court had sufficient evidence before it to justify its finding, and we must affirm the judgment.

¶5' Judgment affirmed.

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