Guild v. Hall

Citations

• 91 Ill. 223

Syllabus

<p>1. Placeta—construed as to when court convened. Where the plací ta of a record shows that the court convened on the third Monday of April, 1877, being the day fixed by law for the court to meet, which is stated parenthetically to be on the 28th day of that month, the latter date, not being required to be stated, will be treated as surplusage or as a mere formal misprision.</p> <p>2. Appeal from justice—amount of judgment. Where a justice of the peace has jurisdiction of the amount due upon a note, and an appeal is taken to the circuit court, judgment may be rendered in that court for a sum above the justice’s jurisdiction, if such excess is for interest accruing since the judgment below.</p> <p>3. Judgment—certainty as to amount on remittitur. A judgment that the plaintiff have and recover of the defendants $205.79, his damages assessed by the jury, less the sum of $5.79, remitted as aforesaid by the plaintiff, is substantially a judgment for $200, and is not erroneous for uncertainty.</p>