{
  "id": 861755,
  "name": "Frank E. Blackman et al. v. Linda Bloom",
  "name_abbreviation": "Blackman v. Bloom",
  "decision_date": "1889-04-03",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "614",
  "last_page": "615",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "31 Ill. App. 614"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Frank E. Blackman et al. v. Linda Bloom."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Gary, J.\nThis is an action of trespass d.e lonis asportatis, Dy the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error.\nWhether one of the plaintiffs in error participated in the acts of which the defendant in error complained, and whether the other was acting in accord with her wishes, were questions upon which, perhaps, if the instructions had been accurate, the verdict of the jury might have been conclusive, though it seems extravagant.\nBut the singular and plural are mixed in the instructions in such a manner, that if the jury were guided by them, th y may have found a verdict against both, on evidence of the acts of but one. The first instruction, in reciting what devolved upon her to show, says, \u201cand further, that the defendant unlawfully,\u201d etc. The last says, \u201cand that the defendant wrongfully,\u201d etc., \u201c and converted the same to Ms own use, then the jury should find the issues for plaintiff.\u201d The plea was joint, not guilty. Under that issue one might be acquitted, and the other found guilty. 2 Tidd Pr. 896, 985. And so while in form the issue was single, whether both were guilty, in substance it was several as to each, and the instruction is to find the issues for plaintiff, on the acts of one defendant.\nIt is not necessary to consider other questions in the case, and the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.\nReversed and remanded.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Gary, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. T. Morrison and A. B. Jenks, for plaintiffs in error.",
      "Mr. John C. King, for defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Frank E. Blackman et al. v. Linda Bloom.\nTrespass\u2014Removal of Household. Furniture\u2014Chattel Mortgage\u2014Evidence\u2014Instructions.\nIn an action to recover damages suffered through the removal of household furniture claimed under a chattel mortgage, this court holds that the instructions were improper.\n[Opinion filed April 3, 1889.]\nIn error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John S. Altgeld, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. T. Morrison and A. B. Jenks, for plaintiffs in error.\nMr. John C. King, for defendant in error."
  },
  "file_name": "0614-01",
  "first_page_order": 610,
  "last_page_order": 611
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