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  "name": "Daniel Donovan, Appellee, v. John Ingoldsby, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Donovan v. Ingoldsby",
  "decision_date": "1914-04-15",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 5,860",
  "first_page": "335",
  "last_page": "336",
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      "cite": "186 Ill. App. 335"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Daniel Donovan, Appellee, v. John Ingoldsby, Appellant."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Dibell\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Harry Edwards, for appellant; Donald A. Callahan, of counsel.",
      "Henry S. Dixon and George C. Dixon, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Daniel Donovan, Appellee, v. John Ingoldsby, Appellant.\nGen. No. 5,860.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the County Court of Lee county; the Hon. Robert H. Scott, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 15, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Daniel Donovan against John Ingoldsby to recover certain indebtedness which it was alleged defendant promised to pay in consideration of a conveyance of lands from the wife of the original debtor. On trial without a jury, plaintiff recovered a judgment for $261.50. From the judgment, defendant appeals.\nHarry Edwards, for appellant; Donald A. Callahan, of counsel.\nHenry S. Dixon and George C. Dixon, for appellee.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Contbacts, \u00a7 385 \u2014when recovery on agreement to pay indebtedness of another sustained by the evidence. In an action to recover on a certain indebtedness which it was alleged that defendant agreed to pay on taking a conveyance of property from the wife of plaintiff\u2019s original debtor, the defense being that defendant did not promise to pay such indebtedness, held that a finding in favor of plaintiff was sustained by the evidence.\n2. Appeal and ebboe, \u00a7 1487 \u2014when admission of incompetent evidence not ground for reversal. Where an action at law is tried by a judge without \"a jury, the admission of incompetent evidence will not be ground for reversal if there is sufficient competent evidence to sustain the finding.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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