County Court ex rel. Weinheimer v. Rutz

Citations

• 63 Ill. 65

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence—;judgment rendered by justices. Technical precision in matters of form can not be regarded in entries upon justices’ dockets. It is sufficient if the meaning is plain.</p> <p>3. The entry upon a justice’s docket, beginning with the title of the case, giving the names of the parties in full, and after reciting the various steps taken in the case, concluded by rendering a judgment for §99.99 “against the defendant,” without saying in favor of the plaintiff. On objection that the judgment did not show in whose favor it was rendered, the court refused to admit the record in evidence: Held, that the record should have been admitted, and that a judgment against the defendant must necessarily be in favor of the plaintiff.</p>