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  "id": 2597613,
  "name": "E. M. Church v. George Stunkard",
  "name_abbreviation": "Church v. Stunkard",
  "decision_date": "1902-04-09",
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  "first_page": "148",
  "last_page": "149",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "E. M. Church v. George Stunkard."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Barker\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThe only question involved in this case is whether an appeal may be prosecuted from the verdict of a jury before a justice of the peace. The authority for taking appeals from justices of the peace to higher courts is purely statutory and can be executed only in the manner prescribed by the statute. The statute only provides that appeals may be taken from judgments rendered by justices and not from verdicts of juries in cases tried before them.\nNo formal words are required of a justice in entering a judgment, but it is necessary that some kind of a judgment be entered; otherwise there is nothing to appeal from, and the court appealed to acquires no jurisdiction of the case. In this case the justice did not attempt to enter a judgment on the verdict of the jury, and the court should have sustained appellant\u2019s motion to dismiss the appeal. The judgment of the County Court will be reversed and the cause remanded, with directions to dismiss the appeal.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Barker"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Keeslar & Acton, attorneys for appellant.",
      "Jones & Partlow, attorneys for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "E. M. Church v. George Stunkard.\n1. Appeals\u2014A Judgment Necessary. \u2014It is necessary that some kind of a judgment be entered, otherwise there is nothing to appeal from, and the court appealed to acquires no jurisdiction of the case.\nAppeal from the County Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1901.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed April 9, 1902.\nAppellee brought this suit before a justice of the peace, where a trial was had by a jury which resulted in a verdict against him. No judgment was entered by the justice on the verdict of the jury, the only entry made by him being as follows:\n\u201cOn March 19, 1901, case called for trial. Defendant aslced for a jury, which was granted. Venire issued and jury summoned. Case tried before jury and jury found for defendant. Plaintiff asked for an appeal.\u201d\nAppellee took this appeal to the County Court, where appellant entered his special appearance in writing for the purpose of the motion only, and moved the court to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. The court overruled the motion and the cause was afterward tried without the presence of appellant and a judgment rendered against him for $4.50 and costs.\nKeeslar & Acton, attorneys for appellant.\nJones & Partlow, attorneys for appellee."
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