Paddon v. People's Insurance

Citations

• 107 Ill. 196
• 1883 Ill. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>Appeal—presumption as to finding of facts. Where there is a controversy as to a fact necessary to the plaintiff’s right to recover, and the court finds for the defendant without stating any propositions of law, it will be presumed the judgment was based upon a finding of the facts against the plaintiff; and when the Appellate Court fails to recite in its judgment a finding of the facts differently from that of the trial court, the affirmance of the judgment will be taken as a finding of the facts the same way.</p>