Cody v. Commercial Fire Insurance
This text of 13 Ill. App. 110 (Cody v. Commercial Fire Insurance) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Court of Illinois primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The verdict was inconsistent and absurd. The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to support the allegations in his declaration, and the jury found the issues in his favor. By the undisputed evidence the damages proved amounted to the sum of $540. If the plaintiff was entitled to recover, the verdict should have been for r,hat sum; if he was not entitled to recover, the verdict should have been for the defendant. The record as it stands, is simply a judicial burlesque, and, if allowed to remain unreversed, would reflect unfavorably upon the administration of justice in courts of law.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.
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