Bowden v. Bowden

Citations

• 75 Ill. 111

Syllabus

<p>1. Debt—form of judgment. On the trial of an action of debt by the court without a jury, the court found for the plaintiff, assessed his damages, and rendered judgment for damages only. No objection was made to the form of the judgment in the court below: Held, in view of the recent legislation on kindred topics, that the judgment would not be reversed for such a technical error.</p> <p>2. Practice in Supreme Court—question not raised below. This court will not reverse for a mere technical error in the court below, not affecting in any degree the merits, unless the attention of the court below is. called to it by motion for a new trial, in arrest of judgment, or by some other appropriate motion.</p>