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      "Philemon Cadwell v. Silas H. Sherman, by his next friend, etc."
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        "text": "Mr. Chief Justice Breese\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThis record presents no question of law, nor is any point of law made by the appellant. It presents purely a question of evidence, of which much was heard on the trial of the issue.\nAlthough we might not'have found as the jury did, we cannot say the verdict is so plainly against the weight of evidence as to justify the interposition of this court.\nThese bonds appear to have been given the appellee, as a bounty, on his enlistment into the army, he being then a minor; and, under the authority of Parmelee v. Smith, 21 Ill. 636, he could hold them as his property. The jury have found, that he did not dispose of them to the association represented by the appellant as its treasurer, and we cannot say the evidence does not sustain them in this conclusion.\nThe judgment must be affirmed.\nJudgment affirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Chief Justice Breese"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Messrs. Blodgett, Hpton & Williams-, for the appellant.",
      "Mr. W. S. Searls, for the appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Philemon Cadwell v. Silas H. Sherman, by his next friend, etc.\n1. New trial\u2014vm'dict against the evidence. Unless the verdict of the jury is manifestly against the weight of evidence, it will not be disturbed.\n3. Former decision. The case of Parmelee v. Smith, 21 Ill. 636, is decisive of this case, upon the question as to the right of the plaintiff to hold, the property in controversy as his own.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county} the Hon. Ebastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding.\nThis was an action of trover, instituted in the court below, by the appellee, Silas H. Sherman, a minor, by his next friend, Joel S. Sherman, against appellant, to recover the value of two certain war fund bonds belonging to the appellee. \u2022 The cause was tried before a jury, who found the appellant guilty, and assessed the damages against him at the sum of $226.J2. A motion for a new trial was made, which was overruled by the court, and judgment entered on \" the verdict, whereupon an appeal was taken to this court.\nMessrs. Blodgett, Hpton & Williams-, for the appellant.\nMr. W. S. Searls, for the appellee."
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