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  "id": 861752,
  "name": "George B. Ramson et al. v. Nathaniel Kitner",
  "name_abbreviation": "Ramson v. Kitner",
  "decision_date": "1889-02-21",
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  "first_page": "241",
  "last_page": "242",
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      "cite": "31 Ill. App. 241"
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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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      "George B. Ramson et al. v. Nathaniel Kitner."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Conger, J.\nThis was an action brought by appellee against appellants to recover the value of a.dog killed by appellants, and a judgment rendered for $50.\nThe defense was that appellants were hunting for wolves, that appellee\u2019s dog had a striking resemblance to a wolf, that they in good faith believed it to be one, and killed it as such.\nMany points are made, and a lengthy argument filed to show that error in the trial below was committed, but we are inclined to think that no material error occurred to the prejudice of appellants.\nThe jury held them liable for the value of the dog, and we do not see how they could have done otherwise under the evidence. Appellants are clearly liable for the damages caused by their mistake, notwithstanding they were acting in good faith.\nWe see no reason for interfering with the conclusion reached by the jury, and the judgment will be affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Conger, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. Morrison & Whitlock and O. A. De Leuw, for appellants.",
      "Messrs. M. T. Layman and F. D. MoAvoy, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "George B. Ramson et al. v. Nathaniel Kitner.\nDogs\u2014Damages for Killing.\n' In an action brought to recover the value of a dog mistaken for a wolf and killed, this cgurt holds that the defendants are liable for the damages resulting from tlieir mistake.\n[Opinion filed February 21, 1889.]\nAppeal from the County Court of Morgan County; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. Morrison & Whitlock and O. A. De Leuw, for appellants.\nMessrs. M. T. Layman and F. D. MoAvoy, for appellee."
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