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  "id": 2595975,
  "name": "William S. Williams, Appellant, v. John Reil et al., Appellees",
  "name_abbreviation": "Williams v. Reil",
  "decision_date": "1858-04",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
    "id": 8772,
    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "William S. Williams, Appellant, v. John Reil et al., Appellees."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Breese, J.\nThe ninth instruction asked by the defendant, in these words: \u201c If the jury should find the defendant guilty, they should not allow the plaintiffs damages beyond what they really sustained by the defendant\u2019s cattle and hogs-trespassing, unless it is proved that the defendant was willing that his cattle and hogs should trespass upon the plaintiffs\u2019 crops,\u201d should have been given by the court. ,\nIt states the true rule, as we understand it, in such cases, that unless the trespass was willful, vindictive damages cannot be given. The court should so have instructed the jury.\nThe-judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in conformity to this opinion.\nJudgment reversed.",
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        "author": "Breese, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Glover & Cook, for Appellant.",
      "M. T. Peters, for Appellees."
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    "head_matter": "William S. Williams, Appellant, v. John Reil et al., Appellees.\nAPPEAL FROM BUREAU.\nIn an action of trespass, unless the act complained of is willful, vindictive damages cannot be given.\nThis suit was originally brought by appellees against .appellant, before a justice of the peace. The summons was as follows:\nSTATE OF ILLINOIS, BUREAU COUNTY } ss.\nThe People of the State of Illinois to any Constable, greeting: You are hereby commanded to summon William S. Williams to appear before me at my office in Milo, on the 17th day of January, 1857, at 7 o\u2019clock P. M., to answer the complaint of John and Thomas Reil, for trespasses on personal property, to their damage $100\u2014a certain demand not exceeding $100\u2014and hereof make due return as the law directs.\nBefore the justice the plaintiffs filed a statement of their cause of action, as follows:\nThomas and John Reil vs. William S. Williams. } Justice\u2019s Court, Milo, Bureau County.\nTrespass on personal property. Damages, $100.\nThe gist of this action is, in that the defendant\u2019s cattle and hogs, between the first of May, 1856, and December of the same year, destroyed the plaintiffs\u2019 crops to the damage of $100. The appellees recovered a judgment before the justice; Williams appealed to the Circuit Court.\nThe transcript of the justice states the action to be an action of trespass on personal property,\nThe jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, in the Circuit Court.\nThe defendant moved for a new trial, which motion the court overruled, and the defendant excepted.\nThis cause was heard before Ballou, Judge, at September term, 1857.\nGlover & Cook, for Appellant.\nM. T. Peters, for Appellees."
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