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  "id": 5181058,
  "name": "John Penn v. Thomas Wilkinson",
  "name_abbreviation": "Penn v. Wilkinson",
  "decision_date": "1896-05-16",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "377",
  "last_page": "378",
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      "cite": "65 Ill. App. 377"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "John Penn v. Thomas Wilkinson."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Me. Justice Wall\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nThe only points urged in the brief of the appellant are that the court improperly instructed the jury at the instance of the plaintiff and that the evidence does not support the verdict.\nNeither of these can be considered for the reason that the bill of exceptions does not contain the instructions or the motion for new trial.\nThe clerk has copied the motion and the instructions in his transcript, but, as is well settled, this is not the proper practice, and unless they .are preserved in the bill of exceptions error can not be assigned upon the ruling of the court in respect thereto.\nThe judgment will be affirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Me. Justice Wall"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Henry S. Dooley, attorney for appellant.",
      "No appearance for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Third District\nNovember Term, 1895.\nJohn Penn v. Thomas Wilkinson.\n1, Bill of Exceptions\u2014Instructions, etc.\u2014Unless the instructions or the motion for new trial are preserved in the bill of exceptions, error can not be assigned upon the ruling of the court in respect thereto.\nTranscript from a Justice of the Peace.\u2014Appeal from the County-Court of McLean County; the Hon. C. D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1895.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed May 16, 1896,\nHenry S. Dooley, attorney for appellant.\nNo appearance for appellee."
  },
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