Reynolds v. Greenbaum

Citations

• 80 Ill. 416

Syllabus

<p>1. DELIvEEY-'what is, of a tease. Leaving a written lease, when signed, with the scrivener who prepared it, for the beiefit of both parties, and that a copy may be made for the lessee, iS a sufficient delivery to make it binding.</p> <p>2. VVxrnnss-instrvctiom as to cmdibility. An instruction that the jury siwuld disregard the evidence of a witness, if they believed he had wilfiully sworn falsely to a material fact in the case, unless corroborated, is faulty. It is the privilege of the jury to disregard the testimony of such a witness.</p> <p>3. PBACTXCn in Surumsx CoURT-error wilt not always reverse. The gi~ing of a faulty instruction, especially as an abstract proposition, will afford no ground of reversal, where it is apparent it could not have prejudiced the party complaining.</p>