Bodine v. Swisher

Citations

• 66 Ill. 536

Syllabus

<p>1. Verdict—on replevin bond, must find debt as well as damages. In debt on a replevin bond, the verdict of the jury must find the amount of the debt as well as the damages. Where it finds the latter only, it is error to render judgment thereon.</p> <p>3. Amendment—of verdict of jwy. Where the jury, in a suit on a replevin bond, in their verdict, found the plaintiff's damages only, it was held, that the court could not. amend the same by entering both the debt and the damages, without the consent of the jury or of counsel for the defendants, such amendment being a material one.</p>