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51 Ill. 175

Miller v. Hammers

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1869

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1869-09-15

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Miller against Hammers, upon a promissory note, bearing date February 26th, 1864, for $806, and due two years after date, with six pier cent, interest.

Decided 1869-09-15

Mr. Chief Justice Breese

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:

¶2This case turns upon a very simple point. By the testimony it appears defendant received a deed from the plaintiff for one hundred and fifty-three and sixty-eight hundredths acres of land, for which he gave his notes. On the last note the suit was brought.

¶3How, there is no competent evidence in the record that the defendant did not get as much land as he bargained for, and as the deed calls for. The fact is proved, that a certain seven acres of land, adjoining the town of Panola, was not the property of the vendor when he sold, but belonged to another man, and although it was taken off the north end of the tract sold to defendant, there may have remained one hundred and fifty-three and sixty-eight hundreths acres conveyed by the deed.

¶4The judgment must he reversed and the cause remanded.

¶5Judgment reversed.

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