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· 1/15/1872

Chamberlin v. McCarty

Citations

  • 63 Ill. 262

Syllabus

<p>1. Ejectment—new trials. Each of the parties to an action of ejectment, is, under the statute, entitled to a new trial as a matter of right.</p> <p>2. So, where, in an action of ejectment, upon a trial before the court, the issues were found in favor of the defendant, and, upon the application of the plaintiff and payment of costs, a new trial was granted and had before the judge and a jury, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, it was held, that the defendant, upon his application and the payment of all costs within one year, was, in his turn, entitled to a new trial as a matter of course.</p>

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  • appellant’s admissions “as to the insurable interest of the appellee” were expressly waived and no longer in issue

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